![]() ![]() ![]() Although some of the novel's elements, like Skandranon's human friend Amberdrake, suggest a possible complexity, the plot is predictable and the overwritten battle scenes are difficult to follow. After establishing this intriguing premise, however, the tale soon bogs down in fantasy cliches as the main characters fight a standard war against the forces of evil. The gryphon of the title is the charismatic Skandranon, leader of the gryphons, a race of birds just evolving into awareness. ![]() Lackey's latest created world (illustrated by husband Dixon) predates the setting of her Valdemar series by a millennium but never quite lives up to its expanded possibilities. Setting a story in prehistory suggests a enormous potential, a feeling that all is new and possible. ![]()
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