Stone of Farewell

Stone of Farewell
Tad Williams
1990

The first chapter of this book was a set line and bait. The story begins with an innocenet monk named Hengfisk traveling to the boisterious city of Naglimund. Little does he know that Naglimund has recently fallen to the Norns. He unexpectantly wanders in the gates wondering where all the crowds are. He concurs their must be some sort of festivities in the city coliseum. He heads toward the coliseum. To late, Hengfisk realizes that the city is deserted and the Norns come after him. They capture him easily and torture the innocent monk for fun at their will.
This entry into the book demoralizes the reader. Already, Williams is drawing his readers in through his appeal of emotion at the fate of the monk. As he hooks them, Williams gives off a little hint that this book would be full of action and drama that would test the characters hearts to their strongest will. He also lets the reader into the notion that the climax will be as full of tense emotions and dread for the characters. This anticipation Williams gives off is brilliantly executed. He basically draws the reader in and gives them the notion that the rest of his book will be as tense and exciting as his introduction. This anticipation of the reader leads them to want to read the rest of the book in order to find the supposed excellent ending this book and the rest of the action in the middle.