The Green Odyssey

The narrative follows Alan Green, an Earthman stranded after a spaceship crash who endures years of servitude on a hostile, primitive world while longing for home. Raised to foreman in a duke's household, he must cope with the jealous duchess Zuni, the menacing watchdog Alzo, and the odd healing of his wounds. Hearing of other downed spacemen, he boards a merchant-captain's windroller to reach the lost ship, facing pirates, roving islandlike hazards, and lethal local flora and fauna. His determined wife Amra urges him toward heroism, forcing him to meet the planet's unpredictable perils in a bid for escape.