The Honorable Barbarian

Kerin, the younger brother of Jorian from the author's Reluctant King trilogy (The Goblin Tower, 1968; The Clocks of Iraz, 1971, and The Unbeheaded King, 1983) is sent to a country reminiscent of China to study clock mechanisms. In this humorous story he rescues and marries a princess and battles sorcerers and demons.