Sorry and on with the topic at hand
It is I who needs to apologies it was I who brought up Mendo.
Anyway. This book. My Favorite of all (along with Faith of the Fallen of course). I went from not reading books at all to want to read them all and did in a very short time.
I kinda related to Richard, because it was about a struggle of an orginary person trying to find out who he was and his role in life. Probably like most of us. Then along with this struggle he is thrust into a role he really did not want. However one saving grace was the love he found for a stranger he just met. How cool is that. And all the colorful characters we meet on the way, like ZEDD, Adia, Boundry warden (cannot remember name), Scarlet of course, and I know I am missing others.
I got hooked in the first few pages of the book, which is unlike most books I try to read. Everytime I think of these books especially the first I get excited all over again.