One For The Morning Glory

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320 pages

Published Feb. 15, 1997 by Tor Fantasy.

ISBN:
978-0-8125-5160-0
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4 stars (1 review)

The Tale began when young Prince Amatus secretly sipped the forbidden Wine of the Gods, leaving him half the lad he'd once been--literally--for his left side suddenly vanished without a trace!

But, as is often the case in Tales of this sort, the young Prince's misfortune was also a sort of blessing in disguise. For a year and a day later, four Mysterious Strangers appeared, and, as Amatus grew to manhood, they guided him on a perilous quest to discover his true identity--not to mention adventure, danger, tragedy, triumph, and true love.

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reviewed One For The Morning Glory by John Barnes

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4 stars

Self-aware sword+sorcery fairy tale replete with witches, goblins, necromany, lost heirs, riddlemonsters, secret passages, potions, and the like.

Infuriating & awesome repurposement of existing english words, e.g. "For supper she had prepared piecemeal panbread, a platter of protons, and an ample haunch of gazebo" which is hilarious but sometimes to the detriment of understanding. Likewise, there are a lot of similarly-named characters who are not sufficiently developed to distinguish themselves from each other, and at times it becomes important to recall who is who by flipping back to the beginning and re-reading introductions. Awkward.