If you cannot find this one, the whole first trilogy is now collected into The True Game.I think the only author I could properly compare to Sheri S. Starting with her beginnings definitely hooked me on her works. :> And I've been sorry for most Tepper readers that the True Game books went out-of-print and/or were eclipsed FAST by her other books. This is where you'd find Peter's tales are actually behind one trio and intermingled with the other. If you read the other 8 books in the series, you'll get to see people from different viewpoints. I don't want to spoil any more, unless you've a weak stomach. I believe Roger Zelazny recommended the book, which also spurred me to enter the world of the True Game.
But you may be surprised anyway, because his world is like no other before in the genre, and the society well matches it. Peter begins by being naive as he learns, though, he doesn't completely slough off the many qualities that make you like and identify with him. You may shrug it off as a mere rite of passage he learns a lot about himself, and others, as he goes along - no surprise to the average reader.
Foundling Peter has adventures which don't go under the heading of 'typical fantasy quest/journey'. It was one case where the illustrated hero's allure was well worth my time. Many reads later I realized that it's the sort of world you prefer to be a spectator/read about, rather than live in! But oh! what a world, what people, what Rules, what Games they play!! I actually was drawn to this book by the cover, which was of a brown-eyed youth with fiery hair. Then after much searching I got the others in this set so I could read #1 and #3 of the True Game. I found the Land of the True Game with this book first, and adored it. Prepare to put this book down and immediately reach for its sequel, First you think the author has concocted everything out of whole cloth, and then you find that there is a convincing logical coherence that drives the events. This is fiercely intelligent and imaginative work, where even the most eccentric minor character is memorable. We discover that she has actually written a crossover novel where the Talents that make everything seem magical are true forces as well.
The prize is a better understanding of how Peter's world came to be and a sense of the scale of what the young shifter must hope to accomplish if he is to bring justice to the game.Just when we were satisfied that Sheri Tepper was a promising fantasy writer.
They find themselves embroiled in the strange workings of Magicians and Monsters. In the process, he will learn to work better with the game pieces of Barish as they provide him with needful talents for getting past the rough spots.Mavin and Peter have a quest all their own, as they seek to solve the mystery of the disappearances. Peter's travels will take him all over the map of the Lands of the True Game, and by the time he finds Mavin he will visit a city haunted by a ghost of the future, he will find friends in the shadows, and visit the shifty valley of Schlaizy Noithn.
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An Elator suddenly arrives with news that Himaggery and Windlow have disappears, and what Peter thought was a leisurely voyage turns out to be a desperate quest.And so begins the second volume in Sheri Tepper's series about the lands of the True Game. He visits first with Mertyn at Schooltown, where his old teacher gives him a riddle that will guide him to Mavin. Finally, Peter takes matters into his own hands (claws) and declares his intention to find his mother, Mavin Manyshaped, and find out more about his heritage and powers. There is much he still has to discover about his own nature, and Himaggery and Windlow never seem to lack for tasks to distract him. After the great game at Bannerwell, Peter quickly tires of life at the Bright Demesne.
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