I stumbled across this recently in a used book store. I'd never heard of the book or the author before, but this was fairly good. There are some different ways of presenting standard fantasy elements here, and the writing is good. Its not the best fantasy written durng the late 70's, but its not bad either. Its a bit lighter on fighting and 'flash bang' wizardry than is typical for books from that time, which makes it a bit distincitve. ( )