A review by smiorganbaldhead
The Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock

3.0

I enjoyed this story, and appreciate its importance to the overall Eternal Champion mythos. I probably would have given a higher rating, except Erekosë's motivations didn't make sense to me at a key moment. Up to the point that Iolinda accused him of being a traitor, I was on board. However, then he suddenly decides to destroy all the Eldren to prove his love for Iolinda, even though his feelings for her were waning. Up to that point, he seemed repulsed by other humans' brutality and lack of honor, but then he starts behaving the same way himself. It's partially explained that this change stops his nightmares, but it doesn't appear he knew this would happen or made his decision for this purpose. I think the story would have been much more satisfying if his motivation at this point made more sense.