The Ruins of Isis

DOMINATION OR DESTINY

The women of Isis held fast to a near-extinct culture of matriarchal rule. Deep within their sacred ruins dwelled the Builders, an ancient spirit—a spirit that spoke only to women. Cherished and worshiped, their soft, warming voices belonged to the ruins of a race which seeded the entire Galaxy.

Now from the Planet Pioneer, Scholar Cendri and her husband, Master Scholar Dal, have come. Scientists . . . lovers .. . man and wife .. .

Through them Isis itself, steeped in beliefs of bondage and supremacy, will be tried before its sacred forebears, in the sanctity of their ruins—while cataclysmic forces gather to proclaim it a new world—or no world at all.