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We have heard mention of Port Kar in the earlier books and now Tarl Cabot is visiting the cesspool of Gor. The city has no Home-Stone and power belongs to those strong enough to take it. However, on his way to Port Kar, on a mission in service to the Priest-Kings, Tarl Cabot has an experience with transforms him from the Tarnsman of Ko-ro-ba into Bosk, captain of Port Kar. One of the consequences of this change is that Bosk is not inclined to serve the will of the Priest-Kings in their battle with the Others. But even in Port Kar, the coming war for the control of Counter-Earth is part of the power politics of the Council of Captains.
"Raiders" focuses much more on the Tarl/Bosk character at the expense of some of the wonderful supporting characters Norman had created in the previous couple of novels, although there are a few (e.g., the slave-boy Fish). But whatever faults the rest of the novel might have for fans of the series, the sequence in which Bosk decides to stay and fight for Port Kar is one of the dramatic highpoints of the series.
"Raiders of Gor," at least for me, was the last really decent John Norman novel for a long time ("Marauders of Gor" was the next one that was up to this level). After this point what is usually described as the Gorean Philosophy becomes more dominant than the adventures of Tarl Cabot in Norman's writings. It is perhaps telling that out of print copies of his novels "Slave Girl of Gor" and "Kajira of Gor" go for more than "Nomads of Gor" and "Assassin of Gor."
Now reading book 7: Captive of Gor (Gorean Saga 7)
Gor series I have read so far:
Tarnsman of Gor (Gorean Saga 1)
Outlaw of Gor (Gorean Saga 2)
Priest-Kings of Gor (Gorean Saga 3) (my favourite so far)
Nomads of Gor (Gorean Saga 4)
Assassin of Gor (Gorean Saga 5)
Raiders of Gor (Gorean Saga 6)
However on second read through I have found this to be the best book in the series so far, the way Norman writes the disgrace of Tarl at the hands of the rence people is brilliant and coupled with his revenge against the Slavers of Port Kar with his long bow, these two chapters are true high points of the series for me.
There is not a wasted chapter in this book (though John Norman does like to describe boats and how they work too much to my liking!), although Tarl Cabot is gone Bosk of Port Kar is a more believable character.
Great read though i found his journey to Cos a bit unbelievable at times.
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