Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
Chapter #
Sentence #
Quote
19
84
"Who will challenge the will of the Priest-Kings?" he demanded.
19
85
No one spoke.
19
86
The men, of both sides, fell back even farther.
19
87
Pa-kur himself seemed awed.
19
88
The spiritual power of the Supreme Initiate was almost sensible in the air.
19
89
The religious conditioning of the men of Gor, based on superstition though it might be, was as powerful as a set of chains—more powerful than chains because they did not realize it existed.
19
90
They feared the word, the curse, of this old man without weapons more than they would have feared the massed swords of a thousand foemen.
"Who will challenge the will of the Priest-Kings?" he demanded.
No one spoke.
The men, of both sides, fell back even farther.
Pa-kur himself seemed awed.
The spiritual power of the Supreme Initiate was almost sensible in the air.
The religious conditioning of the men of Gor, based on superstition though it might be, was as powerful as a set of chains—more powerful than chains because they did not realize it existed.
They feared the word, the curse, of this old man without weapons more than they would have feared the massed swords of a thousand foemen.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )