The novel “Servants of the Wankh”, also known as “The Wannek” by Jack Vance was published for the first time in 1969. It’s the second novel in the Tschai tetralogy, also known with the global title “Planet of Adventure”, and follows “City of the Chasch”.

Adam Reith continues his attempts to find a spaceship to return to Earth and to leave the planet Tschai is also willing to try to build one. However, it’s difficult to gain access to local technologies and above all very expensive. One option could come from the family of Ylin-Ylang, a woman Reith saved, who is very rich.

Bringing Ylin-Ylang back to her native Cath sounds a good idea but the relationship between the two of them, which at one point was of great passion, freezes down. The woman is linked to the customs of her people and social status is extremely important but her current situation is a source of shame.