Kenneth Bulmer

When hard-luck spaceman Jack Waley crashlanded on the planet Kerim, he found a world thrown into fearful chaos by the anger of its quasi-god Pe'Ichen. For the mysterious, unseen Pe'Ichen showered his people with jewelry, weapons, clothing… but no longer would he provide them with necessities such as food and shelter.
The grand houses of Kerim, which had always repaired themselves for as long as anyone could remember, now lay crumbling and falling, hazards to anyone venturing near them.
Yet these were only the symptoms of a far deadlier peril which shadowed this once-bright planet… a peril which bumbling Jack Waley would ultimately have to face alone, with an entire world's fate hanging in the balance