Awaking from a coma in a hospital Corwin finds he is a stronger, healthier man than any human should ever be. However he also has little idea of exactly who he is. From the clues he finds he discovers that the answer to who he is and why he was in the hospital lies with a power-struggle taking place on a magical world beyond Earth.

This is another of those books I felt I should have read after many friends through the years have praised it. This is possibly from where my disappointment stems. That fact that I have read and enjoyed Zelazny's SF novels in the past also probably adds to this feeling.

Not to say this is a bad book by any means; in fact the characters are well rounded, the plot is interesting and original, and the prose descriptive, although not to the extent of modern fantasy novels of the Tolkien vein. In fact it would be unfair to suggest that I did not enjoy this book, I did. I just felt that maybe it has not aged as graciously as some novels and somehow does not fit a modern reader's mindset as well as it did in its time.

I would probably suggest though that you read Damnation Alley to get a better idea of Zelazny's talent as a writer.