Synopsis: The once-high technological civilization of that world had again fallen to primitive barbarism - walled cities, warring nomadic tribes, and savage chieftains. But none were so fierce as the mythic Midanna Amazons, and none of the Midanna so untamed as Jalav, war leader of the fearsome Hosta clan. And when thieves ransacked the Tower of the Crystal of Mida, slew the warrior guards and stole the holy Crystal, nothing could cool Jalav's fury. Though she led the Hosta to the dreaded slavery-darkened cities and beyond, she cared not, for nothing could halt her in her need to find the thieves, avenger her slain warriors, and bring the Crystal of Mida back to the home-tents of the Midanna. From the back cover of the DAW Books first edition)