Book description
In their contentions with Priest-Kings, Kurii, savage denizens of the
Steel Worlds, concealed within the asteroid belt, have frequently had
recourse to human allies, and subversion. In accord with such projects,
Kurii have occasionally sought to place and support congenial
administrations in key cities. One such city is Corcyrus. Corcyrus is
ruled by a beautiful woman, the cruel, arrogant, much-hated Sheila, an
agent of Kurii. It is thought advisable to find a double for Sheila,
who, in case of military or political disaster, may serve as her proxy,
or substitute. For this role an unwitting young Earth girl, Tiffany
Collins, is chosen and brought to Gor. She is introduced into her role
and led to believe that she, somehow, she unaware of the true Sheila, is
the Tatrix, or female administrator, of Corcyrus. Defeat in war, and
revolution, occur, and the blood of Sheila is sought by the victors.
Tiffany, fleeing for her life, finds herself alone, frightened, and
unbefriended, a vulnerable Earth female, no more than a lovely,
defenseless barbarian, on the beautiful, perilous world of Gor. She is a
girl without a Home Stone, and such may be taken in hand, and claimed,
as might be any stray animal, to be collared and owned, to be put to the
pleasure of masters. The expression 'Kajira' is the most common
expression in Gorean for a female slave. 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.
