Are there good and evil characters?

Few of Gray's creations are actually evil. Many characters who first appear to be villains turn out to be something else entirely. For instance, the sorcerer in "A Message in a Bottle," who kidnaps a princess and enchants a forest, is merely a magician of minor talent who has stumbled across more power than he can control and who thoroughly regrets it. One of the few really unscrupulous people is the title character in "The Man Who Sold Magic." Perhaps significantly, he has less magic than many of the other sorcerers in the book.