This is actually the third installment of John Norman’s popular and controversial Gor series. Tarl Cabot is the intrepid tarnsman of the earth Gor, a severe society with a rigid caste system that personifies probably the most brutal type of Sociable Darwinism. With this volume, Tarl must seek out the reality behind the disappearance of his beautiful wife, Talena. Have got the ruthless Priest-Kings ruined her? Tarl vows to get the solution for himself, journeying towards the hill stronghold of the kings, understanding full well that nobody who has dared strategy the Priest-Kings offers ever came back alive….