The planet Belzagor is predominantly jungle, governed by the elephant-like alien nildoror and the bi-pedal sulidoror. Gundersen was last on Belzagor when it was the colonial planet Holman's World and he was an administrator. He has returned to meet old firneds, his former lover Seena and the enigmatic Kurtz. Yet Gundersen is driven by an old guilt from long ago...