A really nice little book about a woman who has lost her memory and chooses to be a gladiator rather than a harlot. Some interesting themes of science, the rights of women, war, even democracy, but none of them go too deep. That's my central issue with this book: no depth. It's a delight to read, and I love the way the author keeps the first person sort of clipped, like you imagine the internal thoughts of the protagonist to be. The book ends far to quickly with very little resolution. Well, there's a half-hearted, sci-fi from nowhere resolution. Ok, it's not from nowhere, but it was still unsatisfying. ( )

This was written alledged to be a response to a challenge to write a better Gor story than what was found in the publishers slush pile. I suspect it was well beyond the slush pile level of quality but it is not a Gor story either. But then the problem MZB was having with the Gor stories probably was inherent to the Gor story attirbutes and not the quality of unsolicited submissions that D.A.W.received ( )

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