Got ahold of Cooper's Time Master trilogy where the main character is something of an Avon Avatar.
Some good ideas, although I don't think the plot developed them as much as it could. Several parts in particular felt a bit rushed and contrived, although Tarod was generally very Avonish. His first girlfriend was also very Annaish. His second girlfriend struck me as a cross between Cally and Soolin (although a touch to quick to be head over heels in love with Tarod, willing to die for him, etc. for either of them).
However, must mention the ideas I liked the most (and am wondering how to translate them into a more directly B7 type story) -
The moment before his execution, Tarod is able to stop time. The irony is he can only get the tool he needs to escape by letting time start again (and as his would be executioners have tool he needs, this is _really_ bad). The idea of everything _stopping_ at Guada Prime with only Avon unfrozen but unable to more effectively stop events has a certain appeal.
The basic scenario, castaways who wind up in this time stopped castle and meet up with Tarod. The basic creepiness of slowly realizing the sun should have come up long ago and that it hasn't - and that it _won't_. Ever. Meeting up with one of the most powerful wizard priests who rule your world - possibly the _only_ one left (the others are in a separate limbo). Then, slowly realizing there's something wrong. This guy's a demon (semiliterally) in human form. How to translate this into B7 with Avon?
The idea, however, that his soul has been removed and needs to be restored would explain a great deal in some episodes.
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