Kirth Gerson had dedicated his life to revenge -- to killing, one by one, each of the five Demon Princes who had murdered his parents in the historic Mount Pleasant Massacre. Two Demon Princes were dead (see Jack Vance's previous novels THE STAR KING and THE KILLING MACHINE), three were left. Wealthy and unrelenting, Gersen spares no expense as he journeys from the sinister planet of the poison-masters to the slave city of Sabra to learn the whereabouts of his quarry... Viole Falushe. Braving one hair-raising obstacle after another, Gersen tracks down the elusive Falushe at the strange pleasure temple known as the Palace of Love, where their last deadly confrontation takes place....
