A Muse of Fire — Sean O'Brien

At the Terran base on the conquered planet of the Mnemosyneans, Tyr Yllen is unique. The ultramodern techniques Earth teachers used with the students on the base are of no use with someone like Tyr. But when Horace Mann arrives all the way from Earth, Tyr allows himself to feel hope that at last he can be educated. Never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined where Mann would lead him...