The Booklist rates the story as "[a] colorful, vigorous, and outspoken tale that will appeal to masculine readers of the author's historical and science fiction." Don Adrian Davidson calls it "[a] long, well-written, picaresque novel," that "is excepted from the classification of the straight historical novel only by the Conan-like stature of its hero." Robert Coulson, commenting on the Starblaze edition, states that it remains "[g]reat entertainment if you missed it the first time around ...
The Booklist praises the story as a "colorful, energetic, and outspoken tale" that will attract male readers of historical and science fiction. Don Adrian Davidson calls it a "long, well-written, adventurous novel" with a hero comparable to Conan. Robert Coulson notes that the Starblaze edition is still enjoyable even for those who missed it initially.