I loved it! Memnoch - I think I read the last book in three days because I couldn't put it down. I thought it was the icing on the cake. To each his own I guess. I never finished the anthology because it really didn't go anywhere, seeming to just be bits and pieces of nothing that related. I don't recommend it, but like I said I didn't read the whole thing so it may have gotten really good. Yeah, whatever.
I liked the inner battle Gaeleron had going on, never knowing if he'd choose the dark side or the force, so to speak, and was pleasantly surprised with his final solution.
Since reading the series I've been looking for more of Denning's books and came across a four parter entitled the Avatar Series. He wrote the third and fourth books I think. Book one was good, now I have to find the next one.