Shelve Two to Conquer. Darkover—planet of the Bloody Sun, world of legend… More. Shelve The Heirs of Hammerfell. Rediscovery by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Leonie Hastur, headstrong and lovely daughter of t… More. Shelve Rediscovery. While only women can command the power of the matr… More. Shelve The Shattered Chain. Although Darkover was a world inhabited by humans … More. Shelve The Spell Sword. This is the novel of four who defied the powers of… More. Shelve The Forbidden Tower. Thendara House by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Bradley, Marion Zimmer, Thendara House. Shelve Thendara House. City of Sorcery by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Haunted by mysterious images of hooded figures, Ma… More. Shelve City of Sorcery. Star of Danger by Marion Zimmer Bradley. First published in , Star of Danger is a work … More. Shelve Star of Danger. Turning under a blood-red sun, Darkover had always… More. Shelve The Winds of Darkover. This is the re-written version of the original sto… More. Shelve The Bloody Sun. Shelve The Heritage of Hastur. These two short novels are a welcome addition to a… More.
Shelve The Planet Savers. Sharra's Exile by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The sequel to Heritage of Hastur , perhaps the sing… More. Shelve Sharra's Exile. Lew Alton was returning to Darkover - returning at… More. Shelve The Sword of Aldones. Planetary Investments Unlimited--that was its offi… More.
Shelve The World Wreckers. Hastur Lord by Deborah J. A never-before-published fantasy novel set in Mar…. Shelve Hastur Lord.
Exile's Song by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Shelve Exile's Song. If you want to read them in publication order for some strange and mysterious reason , by all means read The Planet Savers, followed by Sword of Aldones, and onward.
If you want to read them by internal chronology, then Darkover Landfall, followed by, errrr The problem is, there isn't a really tight internal chronology, just a general one.
Probably Stormqueen is the novel set the farthest back, although some short stories in the anthologies are set even farther but not all the stories in Friends of Darkover anthologies are considered canon by MZB. Two: Sword of Aldones pub.
Many of the books are stated as stand alone novels, but I have found that some idea about previous things makes understanding the later on books easier. I suggest you read them in the chronological order of the stories - things are MUCH easier that way :- Enjoy them as much as I do Stacey Stacey Hill note spambuster in my address if replying by e-mail "Men are like parking spaces: the best ones are taken and the only ones left are handicapped!
No, No, No! Clear as mud, huh? Again, thanks to the Darkover fans for helpful remarks. I was not specifically clear because the original poster wanted an idea of where to start from.
Because the stories are quite complex and the characters appear in different places in different times etc, I did not want to cause unnecessary confusion.
I did state that it does help to read in chronological order of the stories. After all, figuring out what and who is going on is half the fun!
Darkover for beginners. Reply to author. Report message as abuse. Show original message. Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message. I have never read a Darkover novel, but I recently read a review of the latest novel in the series and it sounds interesting. So I decided to give the series a try. I immediately got very confused by the difference between publication dates and internal chronology.
So, I have a simple question: Where should I start reading? Meanwhile, unknown to Marguerida, her son, Domenic, searches for his place in a world of shifting loyalties, torn by love for two very different women, and troubled by his destiny as the heir to Hastur. Her most brilliant and popular creation, the Darkover books take readers to a planet torn by rebellion—and struggling for freedom….
The Shadow Matrix. After spending her youth in the Terran Empire, Margaret Alton returns to Darkover, the planet of her birth. There she discovers she has the Alton Gift—forced rapport and compulsion—one of the strongest and most dangerous of the inherited Laran gifts of the telepathic Comyn—the ruling families of Darkover.
And even as she struggles to control her newfound powers, Margaret finds herself falling in love with the Regent to the royal Elhalyn Domain, a man she has been forbidden to marry, for their alliance would irrevocably alter the power balance of their planet! Haunted by fleeting, nightmarish memories of her childhood on Darkover, Margaret Alton flees her home with her uncommunicative, brooding father to take a job as assistant to musicologist Ivor Davidson, a career that takes her back to Darkover and a terrifying confrontation with the past.
To Save a World Darkover Omnibus 7. It was here readers were first introduced to the now legendary world of Cottman IV, at a time when the Terrans are desperately seeking a cure to a disease of epidemic proportions that threatens the lives of Terrans and Darkovans alike. Now, one brave Terran doctor must join a Darkovan expedition into the wild mountainous terrain of the Trailmen in a desperate attempt to create a vaccine and eradicate this terrible plague once and for all.
For a fee, its agent would infiltrate any world unwilling to give up its independence, and do enough damage that the natives would be forced to allow Terran investors to step in and salvage their planet.
And now, once again, its agents were at work. In the 78 years since the planet Cottman IV—called Darkover by its natives—was rediscovered by the Terran Empire, all efforts to colonize and industrialize this exotic world had failed.
And the person in charge of Worldwreckers, Inc. After all, she had special insight into this world, for long ago—lifetimes ago—she had called Darkover home…. Darkover: First Contact. This omnibus features two classic, long-unavailable Darkover novels-Darkover Landfall and Two to Conquer-in one volume for the first time.
A World Divided. An omnibus volume of three classic, long-unavailable Darkover novels—Star of Danger, The Bloody Sun, and Winds of Darkover—tell of two men of mixed Darkovan ancestry, who must choose where their true allegiances lie.
The Forbidden Circle. These two classic Darkover novels tell the epic tale of four people who challenged the ancient laws of the matrix towers. The Saga of the Renunciates. Magdalen Lorne is a Terran woman born and reared on Darkover. She thinks herself the perfect Terran undercover Intelligence agent, and disguises herself as a Free Amazon to enable her to fulfill a mission to free a Terran man from kidnappers.
But when she herself is captured by a band of real Renunciates, she discovers they have a harsh punishment for any pretenders: she must swear the Oath of the Free Amazons, relinquish her former life, and become a Renunciate in reality.
Jaelle has been raised in the harsh patriarchal environment of the Dry Towns. A course which will lead them to question every aspect of themselves and of their two so-different societies. And one which will eventually set them on a life-threatening journey not only to the frozen ends of the physical world, but to the perilous limits of the spiritual overworld as well.
The Ages of Chaos. The Ages of Chaos includes Stormqueen! These stories—Stormqueen! During the lawless Ages of Chaos, when the ruling families of Darkover ruthlessly inbred their laran-gifted offspring to gain powerful talents, a baby was born to the lord of Aldaran.
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