The Man of Gold

The Man of Gold is a 1984 science-fantasy novel written by M. A. R. Barker and published by DAW Books. It is the first novel set on the fictional world of Tékumel – also featured in Barker's role-playing game Empire of the Petal Throne (1974) – and tells the story of a priest of Thúmis named Hársan, a scholar who becomes involved in the quest for the eponymous artifact of a past immensely ancient.