Book description
A science fiction series filled with interplanetary adventure,
rebellion and mortal combat by the author the The Gorean Saga. Third in
the series, The King. This is the age of the Telnarians. Their vast,
corrupt empire spans galaxies, ruling by terror, slavery, and the lash.
But, their corruption and brutality could spell their downfall for, on a
thousand worlds of swords and science, the savage souls of true men will
not be forever chained. A heroic tide is rising--and one warrior is born
to lead the barbarian horde. To recruit his legion of space barbarians,
the giant gladiator Otto must win their fierce loyalty, world by world,
in lethal combat against monsters, men, aliens, and the beautiful,
murderous slaves--while Imperial conspirators plot Otto's assassination,
and an evil warlord's brutal army prepares to unleash genocidal horror
across the stars. 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.
