Silverthorn (Riftwar Saga, Volume 3)

by Raymond E. Feist

1986

Status

Available

Publication

Bantam Books (1986)

Description

Fantasy. Fiction. Thriller. HTML:A poisoned bolt has struck down the Princess Anita on the day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of Krondor. To save his beloved, Arutha sets out in search of the mytics herb called Silverthorn that only grows in the dark and forbidding land of the Spellweavers. Accompanied by a mercenary, a minstrel, and a clever young thief, he wil confront an ancient evil and do battle with the dark powers that threaten the enchanted realm of Midkemia.

User reviews

LibraryThing member nakmeister

Sequel to Feist's first book 'Magician', this is the second in the 3+ book Riftwar saga. While Magician can be read as a standalone novel this can't, must be read after Magician and after the third book, A Darkness at Sethanon.

This is high fantasy with magic, elves, dwarves, a mysterious evil enemy

and probably a few other cliches (no farmboy with long lost heritage though!). Don't let that put you off though, if you like fantasy you'll love Feist's novels.

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LibraryThing member ragwaine

Lots of magic in this one and the Tsurani connection was a nice surprise, I was worried we had seen the last of them. I kept wondering how he was going to end everything when he didn't seem to have enough pages left but basically there's closure here but not completely. So you have to read the next

book to find the conclusion.

Also lots of action, it was quite a ride with some well written battle scenes.

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LibraryThing member readafew

This is the 3rd (2nd depending one Magicain) book in the series and is all about Prince Arutha and Jimmy the Hand. During a failed assasination attempt on Prince Arutha, Princess Anita is injured and poisoned with a very rare poison. The plant that created the poison is also the only way to create

the antidote.

This book is basically the adventure of finding and retrieving this mystic plant in the hopes of saving the Princess from her doom.

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LibraryThing member littlebookworm

Though he creates an entertaining and suspenseful plotline, Feist does not write nearly as well as other fantasy authors, or at all, and so I cannot rate his books highly. His writing does not match his plotting. His vocabulary is not complex and his descriptions can barely be called such. Still,

if simple, non-effective prose does not put you off, Feist may be for you, as there still is a good story beneath the blandness.

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LibraryThing member cmh14979

2nd in the Riftwar Saga. Not as strong as Magician, but still a good tale. Builds on the relations hinted at in Magician between the characters and expands a little further into describing the world of Midkemia. Good build up for the next one in the series.

LibraryThing member Karlstar

This book ofthe Riftwar Saga takes a bit of detour. The evil forces have struck directly at the royal family, and Arutha must undertake a quest to find the extremely rare Silverthorn to cure her. Feist takes the opportunity to explore more of the area around the Kingdom in the process, and broaden

the scope of the conflict between MIdkemia and Kelewan. While not making a lot of progress on the overall plot of the series, this is still an excellent book.

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LibraryThing member harpua

Well you can definitely tell this is a middle book. Nothing is really resolved and the story seems to be just stuck in there to get from book 1 to book 3. Having said that. This is a good story and I enjoyed it. It also did its job as a middle book, to setup the finale and make the reader wanting

more. Looking forward to reading the final book in this trilogy. One thing I've noticed in this book and in the previous ones are the many editing mistakes that are left in the book. At times it seems the first draft was printed. Hasn't distracted from the story yet, but I'm not really anal about those type of things, so if you are be forewarned. Nevertheless, great book and series.

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LibraryThing member pauliharman

I picked this up because I had hazy but generally good feelings for Magician. This book is written competently enough, but didn't particularly grab me. It seems typical EFP (extruded fantasy product) fayre, largely interchangeable with any other random fantasy novel. But it took me an age to drag

myself to the end, as I wasn't particularly interested in finding out what happens. I only finished it because Pratchett's "Making Money" came out in paperback...

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LibraryThing member coffeesucker

Thrilling and powerful!

LibraryThing member SteveKSmy

Not the first time I've read Silverthorn ;) It is superbly written by a master of his genre. He handles multiple threads with consummate skill. Personally, I'm really only interested in Magician, Silverthorn and A Darkness At Sethanon.

LibraryThing member phenske

I couldn't put this book down which was fantastic, great story with great characters!

LibraryThing member MiaSquires

A poisoned bolt has struck down the Princess Anita on the day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of Krondor.

To save his beloved, Arutha sets out in search of the mytics herb called Silverthorn that only grows in the dark and forbidding land of the Spellweavers.

Accompanied by a mercenary, a minstrel,

and a clever young thief, he wil confront an ancient evil and do battle with the dark powers that threaten the enchanted realm of Midkemia.

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LibraryThing member sundowneruk

A brilliant read! I simply devoured this second episode of what is fast becoming a favourite.

LibraryThing member BooksForDinner

Really hits his stride here and the next one.

LibraryThing member ashooles

The beginning of this book completely drew me in. I was hooked on the POV from Jimmy and his rise to Arutha's court. I have read Feist's books outside the recommended reading order, so I am slowly making connections to characters in other books, which is handy.

Silverthorn was a lot more engaging

than Magician. I was enjoying the changing of focus characters, and was delighted when Pug returned to Kelawan, and then met the first race of elves. I did not see that coming!

Jimmy, Arutha and the band of people he met on the way were enjoyable and a pleasure to read.

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LibraryThing member JohnFair

The second book in Feist's Midkemia series, 'Silverthorn' focuses on Prince Arutha and his exploits as he rushes to save the life of his bride to be Anita. Arutha has found that he's the target of assassins after being saved from an ambush by the boy thief Jimmy the Hand and with the forthcoming

wedding to Anita, he tries very hard to clear Krondor of the Nighthawk menace with the aid of the Upright Man, the head of the hidden Thieves' Guild. This attempt proves that the Nighthawks are not regular assassins, but pawns in the hands of a darker power as they refuse to remain dead! When, despite all their best efforts, Anita is struck down by a poisoned bolt, Arutha and his select companions find themselves in a race to find the titular Silverthorn, facing a horde of morodhel in the processs.

This is a much better book than the first one (in my opinion, of course) though it does show Feist's gaming roots as his protagonists are forced up against various opponents out of the D&D game books

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