Publisher's Synopsis
RICHARD LA PLANTE IS A MYTH MAKER AND THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF HIS EPIC TRILOGY. HE CREATES A WORLD OF THREE KINGDOMS - THE MOON KINGDOM, RULED BY A WISE ELDER AND INHABITED BY MONKS; THE VALLEY OF DEATH, INHABITED BY FAIR- HAIRED AND PINK-EYED 'UNTOUCHABLES' AND THE KINGDOM OF ZENDAI WARRIORS, VIRILE, BEATIFUL AND EXPERTS IN MARTIAL ARTS. RENAGI, KING OF THE WARRIORS, TRANSGRESSES THE ONE IMMUTABLE LAW, IN A DEED PUNISHABLE BY DEATH. HE SEDUCES AN UNTOUCHABLE AND TEGNE IS BORN, A LIVING WITNESS OF HIS SIN. TEGNE RESCUED BY HIS MENTOR, TABATA, IS BROUGHT UP BY THE MONKS OF THE MOON VALLEY .IMBUED WITH THEIR COMPASSION HE IS MASTER TOO OF THE MARTIAL ARTS AND WAR- FARE OF HIS HERITAGE. HE WILL FIGHT A BATTLE AGAINST EVIL IN A LAND THAT CAN NEVER ACCEPT HIM, AGAINST FOES WHO ARE HIS KIN AND AGAINST POWERS BEYOND HUMAN KNOWLEDGE...11/04/88 SET 10/12 PT TIMES: 216X135MM DEMY: 12000 @ $4.99: 320PP BUT INCREASE TO 352 IF POSSIBLE: UC=82P: TAMLUX 80GM.
