Castle of Deception: A Novel of Sorcery and Swords and Other-Worldly Matters, With Seven Short Essays on the Reality of Matters Supernatural

by Ed Fitch

Fantasy fiction, softcover.

Genres: Fantasy

290 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1983

About the author

Also used Edward Fitch on some books. Also has gone by "Ea" and was initiated into the Gardnerian tradition by Ray and Rosemary Buckland in 1967.

Reviews

[Nicholas Kaufmann · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this novel when I was a teenager. At the time, its softcore eroticism, mostly of the woman-on-woman variety, thrilled me, although if I were to read it again now I suspect there would be more eye-rolling than heavy breathing. Still, it was the first fantasy novel I read that featured adult sexual situations, and so it stayed with me. I was tickled to discover it on Goodreads just now. It's long out of print, but despite the fact that I'm convinced it was probably poorly written dreck, I kind of want someone to bring it back into print so I can own it again!

[Fishface · Rating 1 out of 5]

I loathed this book. It was clumsily written and had no real point other than to dress up softcore porn in New Age drag. I might have been more forgiving about it if it had been presented honestly as being what it was -- they sold it to me in the guise of an occult teaching story. Liars!!!