: One of the darker WW books, I think, is ZARSTHOR'S BANE. It's almost depressing, but is nonetheless well-written and holds a lot of twists and turns. THE JARGOON PARD is probably the best Escore story after YEAR OF THE UNICORN (and it does sort of follow on from the earlier book as a sequel, though it's not quite that).

: I don't recall ever saying much about the books I least like here on this message board, but I'll go ahead and say I didn't like KEY TO THE KEPLIAN. I felt that was the absolute worst of all the WITCH WORLD books, and it was a grave disappointment. I think that was the first Lyn McConchie book.

Michael,
Thanks for writing. I'm very new to this message board, and felt a little guilty saying something negative, as for the most part everything here seems to be in a very positive note. Out of all the Norton books I had as a kid, Year of the Unicorn is the only one I managed to hang on to. It really is a great read. I just read The Jargoon Pard for the first time this month, and quite enjoyed it. (Though it wasn't quite as good. What would be?) I liked the original Witch World a lot. Witch World seemed to have more complex and satisfying secondary characters than many of the other books. After my experience with Gryphon's Eyrie I wouldn't have thought to pick up The Crystal Gryphon, but I guess I'll give it a chance. Thanks for the input.