To Die in Italbar

The Walker in the Valley of the Shadow<br/><br/>H was the name he was known by. H was unique in the galaxy, for he had the healing touch. Where there was plague, sickness, pain, H was the universal cure.<br/><br/>But H also had the slaying touch. Where he went death and disaster often followed. Where there had been health there would be left desolation and desert.<br/><br/>The talent alternated. It reversed itself — and H always warned people of this. To live in Italbar or TO DIE IN ITALBAR, that was always the question.<br/><br/>"Zelazny has regained his stride as a first rate writer of SF adventure." — Locus