# The Hostage of Zir

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- Authors: [L. Sprague deCamp](https://www.bookquiver.com/l-sprague-decamp)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2011-09-29

## Description

Outside the walls of the starport Novorecife, Earthmen on the warrior planet Kishna are on their own. So when he is chosen to lead the first ersuma (Earth-tourists) through the sorcerer-kingdoms of this " protected" medieval world, Fergus Reith must first learn to speak Durou; must take the chemical oath against imparting technical information; and must above all else learn to handle a broadsword! All these skills are needed when Reith finds himself and his ersuma trapped as pawns in a deadly war between a sorceress and a sterile kingdom under three moons . . . The Hostage of Zir is the third of L. Sprague de Camp's Krishna book - interplanetary romance in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martian Tales.

## Editions

### The Hostage of Zir

- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7510-322-1
- Published: 2011-09-29
- Language: en_GB