** spoiler alert ** 
 Sweet, vague, unfocused, fantastic. Because of the lack of explicit worldbuilding, it was hard to feel the tension the protagonist clearly felt. I was told repeatedly about the threat to the land because of the new Master, but I never understood exactly what the threat was. What did it mean for a land to 'not survive'? I still have no idea, just this vague idea of the Neverending Story's Nothing devouring it. Otherwise there'd be SOMETHING, right? 
 Anyhow. I enjoyed it despite the slow wandering narrative, and despite an ending that relied heavily on a barely acknowledged (let alone explained) miracle. It's basically a middling gourmet dessert, the sort where part of the power is how you want more than you can get.