SWORDS, SORCERY, SPECTACULAR ADVENTURES

- as Tiana of Reme, illegitimate daughter of a murdered Duke and foster-child of Caranga, the greatest of the pirate captains, embarks on a bizarre quest when a captured Narokan
merchantman... and a severed hand... take her to treacherous, alien lands.

"Not since Jirel of Joiry has there been a sword-wielding heroine like Tiana Highrider. For a long time the field of sword and sorcery writing has been waiting for a swordswoman who can stand beside Conan, Brak, the Grey Mouser.... It is good to know that this is only the first of what I hope will be many adventures to come." - Andre Norton