So I've back again to reading more of Zelazny's work, and this one, "Madwand", is one of his more fantasy leaning novels.
Pol Detson discovers that his real native home is one where the key to survival is magic, and his father a wizard of immense power. And now he must rightfully claim that power, even though the power of many rival sorcerers will come up against him. And he is still very much new to this world and must learn fast if he is to survive at all.
So another two book series in which I ended up stumbling into the second. Apparently this was to supposed to be another ongoing series for Zelazny, something like his Amber series, though it's clear that he never had another book written.
But anyway I really liked this, though I often wished I had gotten my hands on that first book. Really fast paced with some very weird and psychedelic moments. Kind of gives me a good idea of what the Chronicles of Amber are probably going to be like, once I get to that series. as of right now I've got another Anne McCaffrey book that is in need of attention!
by i-the-muso-1968