Book description
Long ago in their intraspecific conflicts a violent, technologically
sophisticated life form, the Kurii, destroyed their native world. They
now seek another. Between Earth and Gor, or the Counterearth, and the
power of the imperialistic, predatory Kurii, now ensconced in the ¿Steel
Worlds,¿ a number of satellite colonies concealed amongst the debris of
the asteroid belt, stands only the defensive might of the Priest-Kings
of Gor. Tarl Cabot, once of Bristol, England, laboring in behalf of the
Priest-Kings, once managed to foil a Kur attempt to set the stage for an
invasion of Gor. In that venture he encountered a worthy foe, the
redoubtable Half-Ear, or Zarendargar, now fallen from favor in the Steel
Worlds. The Kurii, unforgiving and relentless, have sent a death squad
to Gor seeking Zarendargar. They seek the assistance of Cabot in this
enterprise, but he declines to be of service. A decorated piece of hide,
bearing strange symbols, tells a story, which may or may not be true. It
suggests that Half-Ear, or Zarendargar, whom Cabot believed dead, may
yet live. The death squad will seek Zarendargar, but, so, too, will
Cabot, to warn him, for once, long ago, and faraway, in the polar north
of Gor, each with the other had shared drink, a gesture of warriors, a
cup lifted amongst foes. But to pursue this mission Cabot must enter and
traverse the Barrens, the vast Eastern prairies of the primary Gorean
continent, lands contested by tribes of warring savages, lands forbidden
to strangers. John Norman is creator of the Gorean Saga, a series of
novels spanning dozens of titles that began in 1967 with TARNSMAN OF GOR
and that are considered to be cult classics. He has also produced a
three-installment fictional series, Telnarian Histories, plus two other
fiction works and a nonfiction paperback entitled IMAGINATIVE SEX. He
continues to write new novels in the Gorean saga, notably WITNESS OF GOR
(2002) and PRIZE OF GOR (2008), both published by E-Reads. At Gor
Chronicles, a web site specially created for his tremendous fan
following, one may read everything there is to know about this unique
fictional culture. Mr. Norman was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1931. He
is married and has three children.
