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136 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1972
The five male bodies, helplessly stretched at her feet, pleased the lady. When the girl Luma joined her, the spectacle pleased her, too.
Beside each woman knelt a man, sleek, well fed, docile as a eunuch. Occasionally a woman stroked a man as one pats a well-housebroken pet.
They are retardates, Kirk thought. Getting through to whatever gray matter existed in that beautiful head was going to be tough.
The women around her, infected by her panic, twittered like birds at the approach of a snake.
"[...] However, the aid parties have provided the ladies with a tool for procuring food, furs and fuel from the men."
"Oh?" Kirk turned from one to the other. "Money?"
"No, sir," Scott said. "Perfume."
"I'm not given to predictions, gentlemen, but I'll venture one now," Kirk told them. "The sexual conflict on Planet 7 will be a short one."