A lone guy must make a trip across a once-colonized alien world abandoned by mankind when it was found that the types there were actually sentient.Gundersen results to Holman’s World searching for atonement for his severe years simply because colonial governor. However now this lush, unique planet of mystery is named by its ancient name of Belzagor, and it belongs once again to its native alien races, the nildoror as well as the sulidoror. Drawn by its spell, Gundersen starts a harrowing pilgrimage to its mist-shrouded north to see a strange ritual rebirth that will alter him permanently.This is among Silverberg’s most intense novels and pulls heavily on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. It places listeners at the heart of the knowledge and forces these to ask what they might perform in the same circumstances.