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Basically the last in the line of Dilvish stories, this is the biggest (the others being short stories), and the most Zelazny.

Not to say you can’t tell who wrote the others, but this one has the space to spread its psychedelic wings.

The other difference is that the cast is much larger, and you spend a fair amount of time away from him. In fact, the first few chapters are spent setting things up by visiting a few different viewpoints in turn. Only after mood and initial actions are set up does Dilvish ride into the story.

It certainly helps to read the stories of Dilvish the Damned first, as you never get into his head, even as he dominate the rest of the action, nor get any explanation of any number of things. He’s powerful, extremely competent, and extremely driven here. And that’s about all you get.

Meanwhile, you get fragments of several other people as this is the only story to feature them. But the main focus here is a strange place (a timeless castle, and the ever-changing area around it), and plenty of sword-and-sorcery style action.

Past that, well, there is a lot to talk about, as there are several different plots going on, with various people maneuvering around the power a leftover from the days of the Old Ones represents. But, all these separate plots end up fraying and merging into the climatic action, and not even Dilvish gets to carry his story to his wanted conclusion under the force of other events. Really, the psychedelics take over here, and its a great ride, but somewhat lacking in character agency.