Spine has 2 lines down length and 3/16" tilt; front cover has a couple finger-creases in middle and 1" line at middle left; light to moderate overal wear. Extra stamp on top page block.

The author's first book (1970) - a fixup of his 1969 Analog serial (chapters 1 to 20), and the follow-up novelette "But Mainly By Cunning" (chapters 21 to 26.) Nils Hammarson - "Iron Hand" - must rise to the position of War Chief of the European tribes as the only hope of surviving against the hordes of Kazi the Undying.