Lord of Darkness
Author: Robert Silverberg
Desc: In the late 16th century young British seaman adventurer Andrew Battell is abducted by Portuguese pirates while seeking treasure off the coast of Brazil. shipped in chains to the steamy slave-trading colony of Angola he is seduced and betrayed by a passionate woman tortured in Angola's foulest dungeons then finally condemned to death. Escaping into the African interior Battell begins the most frightening adventure of his life -- a nightmare journey into a strange and exotic world where to survive he rises to become trusted blood brother to the barbaric and mysterious warrior-king called the Lord of Darkness.