Morningtide

Magic: The Gathering: Lorwyn Cycle #2

by Scott McGough, Cory J. Herndon

Discover the secrets of the next Magic release in Morningtide !

Hunted by his own people and fleeing a pastoral world gone mad, Rhys must struggle not only to solve the mystery behind his master's cryptic suicide, but also to survive.

Respected The Gathering authors Scott McGough and Cory J. Herndon collaborate on The Gathering books for the first time in this exciting new series of betrayal and honor in an unforgiving wilderness. As with previous Magic titles, Morningtide gives readers a sneak peak at what will be coming out in the next The Gathering set.

Genres: Fantasy, Magic, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 8, 2008

About the author

Scott McGough lives in Seattle with a pair of cats and an Australian Cattle Dog. He has written or co-written over a dozen novels and short stories for Magic: The Gathering; he also provided random pirate voices for an upcoming computer game and portrayed a shambling, gut-munching zombie extra in a local low-budget film. Based on his acting performances so far, everyone agrees he should keep writing.

Reviews

[Robert Furlong · Rating 3 out of 5]

The addition of another author was pretty evident in this installment. It was still entertaining enough, but characters suddenly developed new personality quirks that were either nonexistent or played down in the last book. Sometimes this worked out well, like with Endry, but with Brigid for example we went from a stoic but determined warrior in book 1 to a wisecracking rogue who can't stop talking in awkward situations in book 2. It also felt a little rushed in the authors' need to progress to the Shadowmoor cycle, this cycle probably would have benefitted from being a trilogy rather than a two-part series so that the world could be better explored and the foundation for the aurora better laid.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think there are interesting and definitely great character developments that mimic true hurt feelings. The winning back of friends after betrayal in the first book with its long and arduous process is really great. However, I feel this sudden change in Ashling which seems out of place and really makes me not like her or her plot. Also, a little too much hiding of the rules of magic and the foreshadowing in the book is lost on me as things kinda happen and people have back up plans that don't really get flushed out enough.

[J Crouse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a perfect book by any means, but engaging and interesting nonetheless. Despite working within a 300 page limit the authors still were able to twist the narrative arcs of the characters we’ve followed in a really captivating way: revealing their dark sides to mirror the darkening of Lorwyn into Shadowmoor. Couldn’t help but smile when I realized what they managed to pull off.

[Evan Wheeler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Same as the first, it's an okay book. Nothing that'll blow your mind but some nice backstory to MtG lore.

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fine again, but still not great. Some of the different storylines are far more interesting than the others, although it feels like some are given less time.

[Alex Blinkhorn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than the last one. Poor sygg

[Dakota Meyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

The last book Lorwyn ended with a major cliffhanger, and in Morningtide it didn't go back to where it was left off. In Morningtide by Cory J. Herndon and Scott McGough you still have your group of brave characters Rhys, Ashling, Maralen, the Vendilion Clique, Brigid, Cofelnor, and Sygg. In this book, Ashling is trying to find the elemental that granted her with her powers. Ashling is trying to find herself and figuring out her goals in her life. but when she thought her life was at its fullest her elemental is starting to haunt her, causing her life to change dramatically. All of the characters are suspecting a great change in their world but only Cofelnor knows what exactly will happen to his home. Altogether i really liked the book it was just as good if not better than the first book. I would definitely read it again or recommend it to a friend. My Favorite Characters are the Vendilion clique, they are mischievous, silly and like to joke around much like myself, so i kinda see the Vendilion clique as me in a way. They also make the book have a sense of humor to add to its action packed elf battles and the ending leads into the next 2 books Shadowmoor and Eventide. So if you haven't read this series of books i highly recommend checking these books out.

[Arthur · Rating 5 out of 5]

kithkin Brigid Baeli of Kinsbaile has her day of fighting ‘the malignancy,’ ( and along with her is Sygg a tideshaper. Maralen had been granted controlling fae magic by Oona. Rhys’s who seeks why Colfenor has a destiny. The flamekin Ashley speaks with the element, who sought her, and that’s revived her after she set fire to Colfenor by mistake. Characters of Lorwyn seek similar goals in Morningtide, and normally revolve around Mount Tanufel on a sequel journey.

[Richard · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book increased the intrigued. I think there were too many characters to follow and thus, the amount of time spent on each of them.

Overall, I think the plot was better and there was a bit more revealing of the story. overall, I still think that it wasn't written very well. (either that or the story just wasn't gripping enough).

Still, I believe this one to be better than the first one.

[Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this book was much better written than the first; although, I would say that the world of Lorwyn seems very small based on how much mileage each of the characters SEEM to get during the course of the plot - there is no sense of time or distance when parties are traveling. Still, I feel that the authors had a better idea of where the plot was going and how they were going to get there; things were well-paced.

[Leo Niehorster-cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Second book after Lorwyn. I thought it didn't have enough action as the first, but was still interesting enough to capture me in that world. The end of this book was *pretty* insane though. Great book, and part of the on of the only series in Magic: the Gathering that you don't have to read other series to understand.

[Josh Liller · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kinda dull.

[Kamran Warsi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good plot but the storyline is very predictable.

[David Dutton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nigh perfect if you are a serious player of the game.

Slow pacing but good ending

[Tshjortile · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book even more as the first volume of the saga: it wraps the story nicely. Still, the German version is full of printing and tranlation mistakes.