Silverthorn
- 413
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Silverthorn” narrows “The Riftwar Saga” to one urgent quest: Prince Arutha’s race to save the woman he loves. The tighter focus makes it a shorter, more personal book than “Magician” without losing the sweep of the adventure, and the young Jimmy the Hand is a highlight. Some readers find it heavy on familiar fantasy conventions, and it stops on cliffhangers that lead straight into the next volume.
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About the book
Silverthorn is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist. Released in 1985, it is the sequel to Feist's earlier novel Magician and was followed by A Darkness at Sethanon, the final book in The Riftwar Saga.
Reading order · The Riftwar Saga
Full order & progress →- MagicianStart here
8.28.2 / 10 - Magician: Apprentice
–Not ranked yet - Magician: Master
8.28.2 / 10 - SilverthornThis book
8.08.0 / 10 - A Darkness at Sethanon
8.28.2 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 398 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 73% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 28 | 7% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 11 | 3% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 359 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is Silverthorn?
It has 413 pages — shorter than 74% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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