Book description
The maritime ubarate of Cos, with her allies, is mounting an attack on
Ar on two fronts, from the south with a major invasion force and in the
north with an expeditionary force besieging Ar's Station, Ar's base of
power in the vast arable basin of Gor's mightiest river, the Vosk.
Dietrich of Tarnburg, a mercenary, has seized Torcodino in the south,
with its stores of military supplies, to temporarily halt the march of
Cos on Ar, to buy Ar time to organize for her defense. Cabot has
delivered letters from Dietrich to the regent of Ar, Gnieus Lelius,
apprising him of the city's danger and the situation at Torcodino, and
he has, in turn, been entrusted with letters from the regent to be
delivered to the besieged Ar's Station. In virtue of treason in Ar, her
main forces have been drawn away from the city and are now are wintering
at Holmesk. Thus Ar is substantially defenseless and Ar's Station is
abandoned. At Ar's Station Cabot, betrayed by the very missives he
conveyed, is arrested as a spy. In the destruction wrought in Ar's
Station by siege engines Cabot escapes his imprisonment. Shall he then
flee Ar's Station, making his way to freedom through its miseries and
desolations, its ruins and flames, or shall he remain, to defend, as he
can, to the death, if need be, her weakened, betrayed, starving
defenders, those who had been his very captors? 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.
