Hanover and London: Wesleyan University Press, (1993). First edition - The first book in Delany's four-volume series Return to Neveryon in which he "appropriated the conceits of sword-and-sorcery fantasy to explore his characteristic themes of language, power, gender, and the nature of civilization.. . [they] chronicle a long-ago land on civilization's brink, perhaps in Asia or Africa, or even on the Mediterranean. Taken slave in childhood, Gorgik gains his freedom, leads a slave revolt, and becomes a minister of state, finally abolishing slavery." Originally published as a pocket paperback in 1979, this edition includes a new introduction by K. Leslie Steiner. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-81956270X.