Players Of Gor: John Norman

Tarl Cabot No XX. It's Carnival time on Gor - and during the holiday revels at Port Kar, an attempt is made on Tarl Cabot's life. Tarl discovers that the Priest-Kings have turned against him. To clear himself of the charge of treason, he must follow the assassin's trail and the only way to do that is to disguise himself and join a troupe of travelling players. In their midst he will find entry to enemy cities and hostile territories. And these are not the only players of Gor: there are bloody games, played on a square of sand, in which the counters and pieces are edged weapons. And there is the game of Kaissa, common on Gor, played with pieces of wood on a board of a hundred squares. Gor is that wondrous world where free men must fight and slave girls must yield, where life and liberty may depend on the chance moves on a game board or the passions of the duelling ground. Tarl's destiny now brings him face to face with a conspiracy of super human powers.