If the way McKillip turns sentences into spells hooked you—the shimmering passages as Morgon chases riddles, or the aching revelations around Deth—you’ll love the musical language of The Last Unicorn. Beagle blends wistful humor and wonder as the unicorn, Schmendrick, and Molly Grue journey through haunted forests and a tyrant’s castle, delivering the same delicate, luminous feeling you had when Morgon faced the truth behind the three stars and the harpist’s betrayal.

Drawn to the way riddles, land-law, and true names hum beneath the surface of Harpist in the Wind—from the star-marked destiny to the shapechangers’ shadowed arts? In The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Sybel commands legendary beasts by name, and magic works like poetry rather than mathematics. It’s the same numinous current that ran through Morgon’s trials and Raederle’s awakening, with grace and danger entwined.

If Morgon’s path—accepting the stars on his brow, owning his power after confronting Deth and the High One’s secrets—moved you, Ged’s arc will resonate. In A Wizard of Earthsea, Ged unleashes a shadow through hubris and must learn the Old Speech of true names to set things right. The culminating moment, when he names his own darkness, mirrors the profound identity reckoning at the heart of Morgon’s story.

If you loved how Morgon’s journey ranged across kingdoms—binding to land-law, unmasking shapechangers, and rallying allies—Tigana offers that same grand sweep. A conquered land’s very name has been sorcerously erased, and a scattered ensemble fights to restore it. Music and memory carry power here, much like the harp and riddles that guided Morgon toward a fate larger than any single realm.

If the culmination of Morgon’s trials—the reckonings with Deth, the truth of the High One, and the healing of the realm—left you wrung out in the best way, the closing movement of The Lord of the Rings delivers a kindred emotional crest. From the siege of Minas Tirith to the crowning and the Grey Havens, The Return of the King provides that same resonant closure and aftermath you felt when the stars’ purpose at last came clear.