![]() ![]() Hed, like the other kingdoms on the Realm of the High One, created its own laws and traditions during the years of Settlement, and its rulers have always embodied the peace and quiet - and lack of curiosity about the outside world - that is the essential quality of the island’s land law, that indefinable rapport, sensibility, that something that binds the rulers to their kingdoms and keeps the kingdoms healthy, all under the aegis of the High One, whose only concern, it seems, is the land itself. Morgon is unusual in that he studied at the College of Riddlery in Caithnard, the first Prince of Hed ever to do so - in fact, he is one of the few ever to leave Hed. Morgon, the Riddle-Master of Hed, is the Prince of a sleepy little island that produces wool, mutton, plough horses, and beer. ![]() Even in a recent re-reading, the trilogy is a complex, subtle and evocative story that lends itself to much deeper examination than one might expect. I don’t think I’m particularly backward in terms of understanding what I read, and I was in my thirties when I first read the books (which have earned an unchallengeable place on my “reread frequently” list), and I knew there were things I was missing. McKillip’s Riddle-Master Trilogy was marketed as young-adult fantasy when it was first published. ![]() ![]() I was surprised some while back to discover that Patricia A. ![]()
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