 It has also been translated into German, and was first brought together with other works of de Camp in the German collection "Die Chronik von Poseidonis" (Pabel, 1978).The fugitive Gezun of Lorsk, seeking his fortune in the great city of Torrutseish, becomes enamoured with the slave girl Yorida.At his urging, she flees with him from the house of her master, the wizard Derezong Taash, only to be kidnapped by the conspirator Lord Noish as a pawn in the latter's plot to attain the position of chief minister to the king.