num_pages: 490
description: Maerad is a girl with a tragic and bitter past, but her powers grow stronger by the day. Now she and her mentor, Cadvan, hunted by both the Light and the Dark, must unravel the Riddle of the Treesong before their fractured kingdom erupts in chaos. The quest to solve this ancient puzzle lures Maerad ever closer to the seductive Winterking — author of her sorrows and the ally of her most powerful enemy, the Nameless One. Trapped in the Winterking's icy realm, Maerad must acknowledge what she has always suspected - that she is the greatest riddle of all.
language: English
title: The Riddle
titlecomplete: The Riddle (The Books of Pellinor, #2)
characters: Cadvan of Lirigon, Maerad of Pellinor
genres: High Fantasy, Young Adult, Adventure, Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Magic, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy, Romance
ratings_count: 21668
series: The Books of Pellinor
publisher: Candlewick Press