 Later, as Evaine and Joram gaze the body of their father, they notice the odd shape of his hands, and they wonder aloud if there might still be a way for Camber MacRorie to live.In 1982, "Camber the Heretic" was ranked 6th in an annual poll of fantasy novels by "Locus magazine" readers, placing it between Robert Stallman's "The Captive" and F. Paul Wilson's "The Keep".The poll was won by Gene Wolfe's "The Claw of the Conciliator".