A review by scheu
The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story by Stephen R. Donaldson

3.0

I have a tendency to rate all of SRD's books at 5 stars because I love his work. The Real Story (The Gap Into Conflict) doesn't deserve 5 stars, but anyone who reads the book needs to understand that it serves two purposes. The first is to introduce you to the three main characters of the series. The second is to show you how awful they are (via scenes of rape, torture, degradation and evil) so that when the time for redemption arrives at the end it will have a greater impact. The first book simply isn't worth much when you rate it on its own merits.