I am so far the only one who has voted for Lord Maybor. What really made me fall into the Book of Words was JVJs ability to make the reader fall in love with a character who only several chapters earlier you were just loathing. The tension between BAralis and Maybor was an entertaining source of profound enjoyment which I still think about today, 11 years after discovering that perfect trilogy. Everytime Baralis cringed at the fact that Lord Maybor still lived made me burst with laughter.
Book of Words is such a gem.
God Bless JV Jones.