How does the author address the theme of denial in the novel, Magicians of Gor?

One important theme in the novel is the titillation of sexual denial. By denying that there is desire, a master inflames himself and his slave; the greater the denial, the more powerful the desire. The slave Milo exerts an attraction for free women as if he were not a slave; no free man is more idolized. Seremides, a military lord in Ar, has become the power-behind-the-throne of the city by surrendering to the forces of Cos; as a defeated warrior he has won Ar. Eventually, the theme finds its fulfillment not in the disquisition on the meaning of Home Stones, but in Talena, the Ubara (Ruler) of Ar. Cabot conquered her and made her a slave, but she lives as if still a free woman.