Looking for verdicts on Nick Perumovs books

The annual book sale is coming up and I figure that some of you guys could tell me whether "Diamond Sword, Wooden Sword" is worth getting:-) I enjoy some fantasy and SF (enjoyed Earthsea, Dune, the Shannara series) but the quality varies so much within the genre substantial part of the genre (for instance I loathe anything by suburbian David Eddings and find Feist somewhat lacking). It'd be helpful to get an idea of the tone of the books

Has noone here found the stuff worth reading?

I stayed silent--unusually so, for me since the name rings no bells--but I don't read much in the genre anymore--my last fantasy authors were Terry Goodkind and Robert Jordan, and they sort of left me feeling meh about it. I still read a little Guy Gavriel Kay and Holly Lisle, but never heard of Mr. Perumov.

Apparently he is big in Russia and has only been on export for a few years. I was hoping that some of our central European posters would have come across him, but I guess they like me are situated a little to the west of his release regions

I'll take my chances and get the book anyway if the shop still has it in stock tomorrow.

EDIT: The issue became moot as the book was sold out. I got myself a summary of Stalin's Hitler file instead…