The Black Lion (Derl Wothor Trilogy Book 1)

Mark Sable, a lonely and alienated ex-convict, encounters an old mystic who gives him a curious medallion. This strange talisman transports Mark from the hostility of Earth to his rightful home on Derl. Here as the Black Lion, reincarnated feudal King of Dar, and royal brother to the Golden Tiger, Mark sets out in quest of the great Power Sphere of Kalun. He learns that the shining tower of the citadel is part of the crippled space ship that brought him to Derl in his first incarnation millennia ago. The Lion, the Tiger and Zotala the Priest combine ruthless barbaric strength and star-ship technology against their enemies - the League of Three Cities: Argath, Kiphol and Ramos. The League is hated and feared for its depravity and cruelty, its dark wizardry and vast mercenary armies. Mark's beautiful young Queen, Amana, is a prisoner in the torture dungeons of Ramos ... her defiant courage unbroken by the whips and branding irons of her sadistic enemies, and the threat of lingering death in the arena.