The novel “The Palace of Love” by Jack Vance was published for the first time between October 1966 and February 1967, serialized in the magazine “Galaxy” and as a book in 1967. It’s the third book in the Demon Princes series and follows “The Killing Machine”.

Kirth Gersen discovers that poison maker Kakarsis Asm is about to be executed for selling poisons to Viole Falushe without following his guild’s rules. He manages to obtain information that gives him a lead connected to the slave trade. Alusz Iphigenia can’t understand why Kirth continues his crusade, and their relationship ends.

Following the lead, Kirth Gersen uncovers new information about Viole Falushe and his obsession with a woman named Jheral Tinzy. His enemy was born on Earth, and he travels to the planet to meet the poet Navarth, Falushe’s mentor. The poet was entrusted with a girl who bears an uncanny resemblance to Jheral Tinzy.