I'd give this 5 stars but I wouldn't describe the book as "it was amazing" or, "I love it." 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. Carter is still leaning heavily on Burroughs and E. R. Eddison and I think he manages to squeeze a bit of J.B. Cabell in too.
