Silverthorn

Name: Silverthorn
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.61 (28 reviews)
Author: Raymond E. Feist
ISBN: 9780525594079

Author: Raymond E. Feist

Series: Riftwar Cycle: The Riftwar Saga #3

Narrator: Nicholas Guy Smith

Unabridged: 16 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 11/07/2017

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Epic

Synopsis

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.

About Raymond E. Feist

Raymond E. Feist is the author of more than thirty previous books, including the internationally bestselling “Riftwar Cycle” of novels set in his signature world of Midkemia; the Empire trilogy co-authored with Janny Wurts; the stand-alone novel, Faerie Tale; and the epic fantasy series, the Firemane Saga. He lives in San Diego, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on May 17, 2019

The next step in the Riftwar series. If you enjoyed Magician, continue the adventure here with a quest led by Arutha (my autocorrect does not like Arutha). If you have not read Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master, stop, slowly step away from this review, and then quickly get those and start re......more

Goodreads review by Petrik on March 06, 2025

3.5/5 stars Silverthorn is a different form of adventure in The Riftwar Saga focusing on Arutha and Jimmy more rather than Pug and Tomas. “Life is problems. Living is solving problems.” Depending on how you see it, Silverthorn is either the second or third book in The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Fei......more

Goodreads review by Choko on March 05, 2017

*** 4.25 *** Loved it!!!! Old school all the way and loving it:):):)......more

Goodreads review by Gary on May 17, 2022

The long awaited and joyous wedding of Arutha, Prince of Krondor, to the beautiful young Princess Anita, is cruelly cut short when Anita is struck by a poisoned arrow, from the bow of the Nighthawks - an underground cult of death, in league with the darkest and most evil powers. It is discovered that......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on December 28, 2018

So much fantasy goodness packed in this one. Even if the first two were complete in themselves, they still serve as perfect vessels to bring about a somewhat standalone adventure full of nearly all the characters we've grown to love. Even Pug has a role, but mostly we get to follow and love Jimmy th......more

Quotes

"I found Silverthorn to be as exciting and absorbing as Magician in every way. The excellent characterization wedded to a tight and well-tumed plot makes it one of the outstanding fantasy offerings of the season." --Andre Norton