Despite (ha!) the concept behind this book, the flesh wound characterisations of the other participants, the (unashamed?) 'borrowing' from other well known fantasy books without any reason for their existence in this "land" and the feeling throughout that the verbosity was simply for its own sake, this book made me despair (double ha!) throughout.

Two stars for the idea and some of the prose. That I'm unable to care about it or its characters as I thought I would is a disappointment for I recall liking at least this book somewhat when I was younger. And so no more.

Thomas Covenant Survived. I did too, albeit barely.