The Valley Where Time Stood Still Author:Lin Carter M'Cord WATCHED HIS MARTIAN GUIDE DISAPPEAR — Together M'Cord and the others descended the great stone steps carved out of the rock incalculable aeons ago. It was only as they approached the valley floor that they saw that the desert seen from above was an illusion created by the thick mist masking what lay below. — Ahead of M'Cord, the wolf-like M... more »artian outlaw who had brought the expedition this far hesitated a moment. Then he plunged through the mist and disappeared.
Now it was M'Cord's turn to follow... to discover and master the ultimate secret of Mars and the universe... or else be destroyed by the dark forces that ruled--The Valley Where Time Stood Still« less
I'd give this 5 stars but I wouldn't describe the book as "it was amazing." However, it is the best of all the Lin Carter novels I've read. Here Carter's writing reaches beyond Sci-Fi or adventure yarns and takes on the mantle of literature.