commenting on the Airmont paperback reprint, he sums it up as a "Viagens adventure yarn" in which a "typical de Campian reluctant hero attempt[ing] to become a king on Krishna." Floyd C. Gale, noting that "De Camp can buckle a swash with the best," characterizes it as "an inverse success story, or riches to rags on Krishna," as de Camp's "unsavory Earthman hero ... goes through amusing anguish trying to regain his crown." References Sources De Camp, L. Sprague. "The Krishna Stories " (Essay, in New Frontiers, v. 1, no. 1, Dec. 1959, page 6) External links 1958 American novels 1958 science fiction novels American science fiction novels Novels by L. Sprague de Camp Fiction set around Tau Ceti Works originally published in Future Science Fiction and Science Fiction Stories Planetary romances Avalon Books books