This is the third book in John Morressy's wonderful Kedrigern series, the first two being A Voice for Princess and The Questing of Kedrigern. In this book Princess develops a desire to obtain a magic wand and prods the reluctant Kedrigern into undertaking yet another journey. Along the path, Kedrigern and Princess encounter a princess who was cruelly turned into a sword by an evil wizard; who also turned her brother into a shield, her sister into a crown, and her cousin into . . . a wand!

In this book, Morressy delivers a triumph of wit and adventure topping even his first two wonderful books. As an added bonus, at the end of their quest, just when you think that the story is over, there comes one last adventure: Keddy and Princess encounter Bertha the Bog-fairy, the villainess who turned Princess into a toad and left her without a memory. Bertha does not like having her spells undone by meddling wizards, so who will get the "sweet revenge?"

A world where magic is commonplace. I love the author's sly witticisms, and his character's practical, matter-of-fact dealings with the counter-spells which Kedrigern specializes in. Meet an enchanted family, now in the forms of a sword, a crown and a shield. A dragon becoming himself, a giant Green Riddler, and a malevolent bog fairy. A superb escape!

This is one my favorite sci-fi books of all time. The story is set in Morressy's stark and fragmented Sternverein universe, where space flight is possible but relativistic effects makes sustained communication between worlds all but impossible. The shroud of Christ gets stolen from a monastary world and pilgrims, pirates, and Sternverein troopers try to track it down over several centuries.
The book is a light read, but epic in scale. The characters are believable and you end up really feeling sympathy for the protagonist. The ending has a nice twist to it. Highly recommended!

Read this book upon a friend's recommendation back in 1984 and loved it.

This is the fourth Kedrigern book by John Morressy, the first three being A Voice for Princess, The Questing of Kedrigern and Kedrigern in Wanderland. In this installment, Kedrigern is summoned to assist an old client whose daughter has been become a werewolf. Desperate to find a cure before the next full moon, Keddy sets out to a remote monastery that has a book that might contain a cure, leaving Princess to care for the unfortunate sufferer. As Kedrigern wrestles with the sinister events transpiring at the monastery, Princess is forced to flee the amorous attentions of the old client and finds herself in the clutches of an evil sorcerer, the Black Jester.

This book is a crowning masterpiece to the series so far. Here Mr. Morressey succeeds in adding a good deal more suspense than was in the previous books. I was a little unhappy with the conclusion of the monastery problem, but overall, it was a great book. 2 thumbs up!

It was one of the best books I have ever read. The story was great, I iwsh the book was still in print so i could recommend it for everyone to buy

A Voice for Princess is the highly entertaining story of a great wizard named Kedrigern of Silent Thunder Mountain. Kedrigern discovers a toad that is actually a beautiful princess turned into a toad by a bog-fairy. He breaks the spell, only to find that it was booby-trapped. And so, the hapless princess ceases to be a toad with a princess' voice, and becomes a princess with a toad's voice! Kedrigern realizes that this magic will take greater power to break, and sets off to obtain that power.

If you like your fantasy served up with wit and humor, then this book is for you!

I realy injoy the Kedrigern books they are light happy stories which realy brighten up a dull day pure fluff but sometimes thats what I like to read I especily recommend them to anyone with to much stress or young adults

In this sequel to A Voice for Princess, Kedrigern's wife is re-enspelled, and they must set off on a new adventure to find the power necessary to return her form. Along the way, the pair meets up with interesting companions, and sees strange new lands. If you enjoyed the first book, then you will find this one just as witty and enjoyable.

I dont kown why I like the Kedrigern books so much,there storys in which nothing happens while the main character Kedrgern the wizard, moans about young people Today and his hate of travel. The comedy is low key to the point of invisibility. But I have red all the series over and over. Its just good lite entertainment I highly recomend them to anybody who needs to relax.

This is the fifth Kedrigern book by John Morressy, the others being A Voice for Princess, The Questing of Kedrigern, Kedrigern in Wanderland, and Kedrigern and the Charming Couple. In this book, with Princess' memory returning nibble by nibble, she suddenly remembers that a monster named "the Great Crawling Loathliness" is intricately involved in her past. Though he is no great fan of adventures, Kedrigern sets off with Princess to find this monster, and her past.

As with the earlier books, this work is excellent, light-hearted fantasy. I enjoyed the book immensely, but must say that it was not quite as exciting as the others were. If you have read the earlier books, then you must read this one as well.

I found the book boring and somewhat predictable. I wouldn't recommend it for adults but perhaps it would make a good childrens book.

John Morressy's Kedrigern books have long been a hard-to-find favorite of mine, and I'm thrilled to see them republished in this form. Morressy is a very skilled writer, and he deserves to have a wider audience. Even for those who are not fans of "fantasy," Morressy's clever, multilayered humor, entertaining plots, and fantastical, yet familiar and believable characters transcend that genre. Kedrigern is a real gem of a creation.
(I can't say I cared for the cover art, though.)

In the mid-1980s, author John Morressy began writing about Kedrigern of Silent Thunder Mountain, a most puissant wizard. Expertly combining traditional sword-and-sorcery Fantasy with humor, these stories are laugh out loud funny, and an excellent addition to the library of any Fantasy reader.

This book combines two of Morressy's full-length novels with six short stories, many of which I have never seen before. If you have never read the Kedrigern books, then I suggest that you get this book, and join the ranks of the Kedrigern fans. If you are already a fan, then all I can say is that you *must* get this book!

The following stories are included in this book:

A Voice For Princess (219 pages) - On a sparkling clear morning, Kedrigern discovers a princess who was turned into a talking toad by a bog-fairy. Ever the gentleman, Kedrigern attempts to break the spell, turning the unfortunate princess into a woman with a toad's voice!

Spirits From the Vasty Deep (12 pages) - When two aliens from outer space confront a primitive, non-technological Kedrigern they are in for a large and unhappy surprise!

Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain (14 pages) - When a pompous king and a scheming chamberlain try to humiliate and cheat Kedrigern, the wizard has the last laugh.

The Quality of Murphy (24 pages) - When a Djinni turns a kings daughter into a rat, they turn to the most famous wizard in all of Ireland: Conhoon of the Three Gifts. A great enemy of the foreign Djinn are local Pookas, and it is to Murphy the Pooka that Conhoon turns.

The Questing of Kedrigern (201 pages) - After Princess is re-enspelled, she and Kedrigern set out to break the spell. Their journey, though, takes them further than they expected...all the way to a world of technology, where magic is unknown.

Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall (22 pages) - There's a witch trapped in a mirror, in five mirrors to be exact, and Kedrigern wants to release her. Unfortunately, only one mirror contains the real witch, while the other four contain reflections that it would be dangerous to release. What will Keddie do?

Nest Egg (17 pages) - When Kedrigern is called on to help an old client with a sick griffin, he immediately goes off to help, but sick griffins are not his specialty.

Floored (16 pages) - When a job brings Kedrigern less money than promised, he takes an old rug in exchange. But, this is no ordinary rug, it is a magic rug...er, one that doesn't want to be.

I thought that this book was very well-written. It included many details about life during the Middle Ages. It did so in a creative way, however. They storyline was very creative. It would have been five stars if the story moved along a little faster. Don't get me wrong, it was very good, but some parts became a little boring. Overall it was a good book and I would recommend it to students who need to read a book about Medival life for Social Studies or English, because it is a lot better than most books about this time period.

"The Juggler" by John Morressy takes place in medieval Europe. The book, written in the third person, opens with a thought provoking, although grim introduction in which a juggler who is disapproved of gets his hand cut off. "The Juggler" then follows with the first chapter in which a farmer's son, Beran, witnesses a juggler performing at a fair. From that day on, Beran aspires to become the greatest juggler in the world. After his village is attacked while he was out, he takes to the road to learn how to juggle. While on the road he meets various people including some pilgrims, who in the long run influence his life greatly. Beran becomes the apprentice of another man he meets while traveling. This man teaches him how to juggle superbly, but Beran is still not satisfied with his skills. One night while speaking with his master he said that he would give "anything" to become the greatest juggler that ever lived. During their later travels his master is murdered, Beran, fleeing from the killers, stumbles into the embodied version of the Devil. Beran knew who the man was immediately, "Yet the old man looked so kindly and innocent. His pale face was smooth shaven, his large dark eyes full of sympathy, his white hair snowy in the morning light. He might have been an angel, not the thing he was." (page 110) Satan and Beran make a deal that Beran was to be given the skills of a master juggler, skills whose limitations were the only hindered by the widths of Beran's own imagination, in return Beran would have to hand over his soul to Satan at 50 years from that day. Beran, still a young man, traveled all over Europe amazing everyone who saw him, not taking care to the atrocity he has created in himself. After some time Beran realized what he had done with his soul. He remembered the pilgrims he saw in his travels, and in order to repent for his sins he became one. He traveled to the Holy Land and wandered their searching for a way to save himself.

The first part of this book is magnificent. It realistically relays the travels of a man who is neither rich nor prosperous, of which very few accounts were written in medieval times. The book is very descriptive of things not only unique to the story, but of those things relating to most of the medieval era. "The Juggler" is very well researched; one who didn't know much about the ways or beliefs of common people in those times would be more than adequately supplied with information. For example, the belief that Satan was a physical being was a common belief of those living in Medieval Europe, however those living in the 21st century might scoff at the idea. The last part of the book, although, was rushed and at some points quite dull, not an ending that suited the well-written and thoughtful book. However, overall "The Juggler" was a good read, suitable for those who wish to know more about the life of commoners in medieval times, as well as those who enjoy a book containing adventure and travel.

"The Juggler" by John Morressy takes place in medieval Europe. The book, written in the third person, opens with a thought provoking, although grim introduction in which a juggler who is disapproved of gets his hand cut off. "The Juggler" then follows with the first chapter in which a farmer's son, Beran, witnesses a juggler performing at a fair. From that day on, Beran aspires to become the greatest juggler in the world. After his village is attacked while he was out, he takes to the road to learn how to juggle. While on the road he meets various people including some pilgrims, who in the long run influence his life greatly. Beran becomes the apprentice of another man he meets while traveling. This man teaches him how to juggle superbly, but Beran is still not satisfied with his skills. One night while speaking with his master he said that he would give "anything" to become the greatest juggler that ever lived. During their later travels his master is murdered, Beran, fleeing from the killers, stumbles into the embodied version of the Devil. Beran knew who the man was immediately, "Yet the old man looked so kindly and innocent. His pale face was smooth shaven, his large dark eyes full of sympathy, his white hair snowy in the morning light. He might have been an angel, not the thing he was." (page 110) Satan and Beran make a deal that Beran was to be given the skills of a master juggler, skills whose limitations were the only hindered by the widths of Beran's own imagination, in return Beran would have to hand over his soul to Satan at 50 years from that day. Beran, still a young man, traveled all over Europe amazing everyone who saw him, not taking care to the atrocity he has created in himself. After some time Beran realized what he had done with his soul. He remembered the pilgrims he saw in his travels, and in order to repent for his sins he became one. He traveled to the Holy Land and wandered their searching for a way to save himself.

The first part of this book is magnificent. It realistically relays the travels of a man who is neither rich nor prosperous, of which very few accounts were written in medieval times. The book is very descriptive of things not only unique to the story, but of those things relating to most of the medieval era. "The Juggler" is very well researched; one who didn't know much about the ways or beliefs of common people in those times would be more than adequately supplied with information. For example, the belief that Satan was a physical being was a common belief of those living in Medieval Europe, however those living in the 21st century might scoff at the idea. The last part of the book, although, was rushed and at some points quite dull, not an ending that suited the well-written and thoughtful book. However, overall "The Juggler" was a good read, suitable for those who wish to know more about the life of commoners in medieval times, as well as those who enjoy a book containing adventure and travel.

I found Graymantle to be a traditional fantasy book, that starts off with a loveable character leading a simple life and turns into a hero that saves his country from a terrible plight. The author did an excellent job making the reader root for the hero and boo the villain. What sets this book apart from others that follow this staple, is the bleakness of the world that our hero lives in and how the author describes it in fastidious detail. The hero did not have an easy road to the top of the social ladder, and evil was not easily vanquished. It was this that kept me turning the pages in suspense wondering what would happen next.