
Scarce first edition of Saunders's groundbreaking first novel, set in a heavily researched alternate Africa and starring one of the first Black heroes in the grimly Eurocentric genre of contemporary sword & sorcery.
Near fine.
"It was when I discovered fantasy that I also discovered that I wanted to be a storyteller - a griot, although I hadn't yet discovered that term." (Saunders interview)
Read more: Jon Tattrie, "The Extraordinary Inner World of Charles R. Saunders, Father of Black 'Sword and Soul;'" Amy Harlib, Interview with Charles R. Saunders, The Zone.
New York: DAW Books, (1981). 7'' x 4''. Original pictorial wrappers by Ken W. Kelly. 208 pages. Minor edgewear.