The Inquisitor Kereem, dedicated to purifying the Order from the factionalism that has subverted its original purpose of propagating the faith, dispatches the renegade Dirshan to do battle with a Master who has led a clandestine raid against a friendly village. The religion remains curiously colorless but there is action aplenty as Dirshan battles his way toward ultimate confrontation with the enemy, encountering along the way a warrior princess, a beast-god, a tribe that sells him into slavery and other staples of the sword and sorcery genre. Dirshan is an appealing hero and devotees should find this a satisfying corrida.