Tom the Berserker series books 1 to 3 packaged together into one book for print.
Tom seeks ways of gaining acceptance from any sorts of forms of gaining this. He is guided by a ghostly spirit that is teaching him a lesson of what sorts of acceptance he can get that is acceptable. He learns along the way of servitude to the High Council all sorts of forms of acceptance as experienced. Tom realizes at the end of the series what the ideal acceptance he is to acquire.