Haunted by childhood memories of a strange silver man and a woman in flames, Margaret Alton returns to Darkover, the planet of her birth, where her memories lead her into a trap set centuries before her birth. Reprint.
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The eagerly-awaited sequel to The Heritage of Hastur and Sharra's Exile. Margaret Alton, daughter of the Darkovan representative to the Terran Imperial Senate, remembers almost nothing about the planet of her birth or her tumultuous childhood. What fleeting memories she has are fragments of terror -- a strange silver man and a screaming woman with hair that circled her head like a ring of fire. Now her work has taken Margaret back to Darkover, where she must fight against inner voices that are trying to control her as she unravels the secrets of her heritage -- and her destiny.
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Musicologist Margaret Alton and her mentor Ivor Davidson travel to Darkover, the planet of her birth, to collect folk songs. When Ivor dies suddenly, Margaret finds family she has never known and suffers a painful illness that awakens latent mental powers. During this journey of self-discovery, she fights for her autonomy but is drawn to remain on Darkover as a member of a powerful family. This intricate, lyrically written novel is essential for sf collections.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
All though I do agree with the above author about the unconsistant genealogies in her series(I have encountered some of that in Mists of Avalon), focusing on that one fault ruins the impact and the refrencing of this book. the characters are there, before your eyes, acting out a life that you have always longed for while trying to avoid. Anyone who has had destiny put them in a maddening and unsuspected situation can relate to the main characters Margaret Alton and Mikhial Hastur/Lanart. I own this book and I can help but to read it over and over again because MZB shares JK Rowlings talent of holding little things in the book taht even the most careful of readers can't notice untill the fourth reading. This tale of our future is incredible and anyone even considering reading it should go ahead because it is anything but a waste of time.
By Keri
Format:Mass Market Paperback
After the lackluster Rediscovery this book restored my confidence in MZB as a writer. As soon as I finished this book I wanted the next one in this trilogy within a series.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
this is the first book of the darkover series i have read and i found it to be great. i read it in a day or so and true the plot does beg to be enhanced but i found the idea of this strong willed heiress who takes nothing in this male dominated societ intriguing. too many of the other people who read this got hung up on geneology and such things from the other book and simply couldn't enjoy the book. the only thing that troubled me was references to other,earlier books but i know that was to be expected. also people say that the "confrintation" in the middle of the book led to an aimless anticlimax which is completely untrue. you see the heroine struggle to find balance and try not to kill anyone with her "gifts" and the end made me run out for the next book. i admit that this is not a book for hardcore darkover fans but a very good book for someone new to the series.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Okay..but not as 'good as it gets'....
Marion Zimmer Bradley is a wonderful author, but I'm sorry to say that she doesn't show the story development that she usually has. Read more
Published on Jun 13 2000 by T. Young
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unsatisfying, by-the-numbers retread
When I was 18 I adored the Darkover series, so I opened this novel hoping to recapture some of that spirit. Read more
Published on April 6 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
I wish I could give it six....
This is the first Darkover book I've read, and I think that the rest of the series will turn out to be very promising indeed. Read more
Published on Nov 18 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
I wish I could give it 6.....
The first Darkover book I've read, and one of the best Sci-fi/Fantasy books I've ever read. I now plan to read the rest of the series. Read more
Published on Nov 17 1999
3.0 out of 5 stars
Sharra rides again!
I've only read one other book by Bradley, "Mists of Avalon." Lucky for me because the list of other books she has written about this dark, red-mooned planet is long and... Read more
Published on July 12 1999
2.0 out of 5 stars
A little dissappointing...
The book wasn't that bad...although a little overdone. The thing that upset me the most was that the whole Regis & Danilo relationship that was so carefully built before was... Read more
Published on April 30 1999
1.0 out of 5 stars
This book is nowhere near the quality other darkover books.
I practically grew up with Sharra's Exile as my favorite book, and I couldn't wait to read this, but its not worth the time. Read more
Published on Feb 8 1999
3.0 out of 5 stars
Short of my expectations. A bit shallow but interesting....
I had been really looking forward to the sequel of Sharra's Exile, and further novels written in the tradition of Heritage of Hastur. Read more
Published on Jan 17 1999 by maverick@starwon.com.au
3.0 out of 5 stars
GOOD
I have read MANY,MANY books of MZB, but none of the Darkover Novels except for Exile's song. Being that I haven't read any other, there were no flaws I spotted like the different... Read more
Published on May 16 1998
3.0 out of 5 stars
Demon of little minds, or just plain sloppiness?
I first discovered Darkover more than ten years ago and happily plunged in. After several books, I had to come up for air as internal inconsistencies mounted within the series. Read more
Published on April 13 1998
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