- Sorry, this product is unavailable.
-
A collection of stories spanning Darkover history. In this volume: THE SETTLEMENT: Vai Dom, Diana L. Paxson; The Forest, C. McQuillin. THE AGES OF CHAOS: There Is Always An Alternative, Patricia Mathews; The Tale of Durraman's Donkey, Eileen Ledbetter; The Fires Of Her Vengeance, Susan M. Shwartz; Circle Of Light, Kathleen Williams; The Alton Gift, Elisabeth Waters; The Answer, Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah. UNDER THE COMYN: The Rescue, Linda MacKendrick; The Keeper's Price, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Elisabeth Waters; The Hawk-Master's Son, Marion Zimmer Bradley; A Simple Dream, Penny Ziegler, M.D.; Paloma Blanca, Patricia Mathews; Blood Will Tell, Marion Zimmer Bradley. AFTER THE FALL OF THE COMYN: Ambassador to Corresanti, Linda Frankel; A View From The Reconstruction, Paula Crunk. Cover art by Don Maitz. -
Book II of The Hunters; the sequel to Hunters of the Red Moon. Dane, Rianna and the monster Aratak were the survivors of the terrible hunt of the Red Moon. They had lived to achieve fame and fortune untold. But life in the Starways was rather colourless - until they were asked to investigate a Closed World. What they had not counted on was this world was the only one known where two dominant ruling species lived in precarious harmony - with the dread ghosts which threatened to shatter that peace. Cover art by Peter Jones. -
The natives of Darkover were human but hostile to the Earth colonists who had come to their planet. Larry Montray, however, was able to become friendly with the Altons, an important clan, and was one of the few Terrans ever to observe Darkovan life and customs at first hand. But Larry would get much more than he bargained for - he found himself in the middle of a feud older than memory; a feud fought by unknown beings, deadly beasts and alien intelligences - and his actions would determine the fate of every Terran on the planet of the blood-red sun. Cover art by Michael Whelan. -
Thieves' World sequence. A Pilgrim Adept of the Blue Star, Lythande had mastered all the true magics of the world. But the power of an Adept was always bound to a Secret, and whoever discovered this sorcerer's Secret could steal away the Blue Star power, leaving the Adept defenseless, fit only for death. And Lythande's secret was perhaps the most dangerous of all, setting the mage apart from all humanity, forcing Lythande to war against spell beast, sorcerer, thief, swordsman, and the magic of the gods themselves... Other Lythande stories in this volume: The Incompetent Magician; Somebody Else's Magic; Sea Wrack; The Wandering Lute; Looking for Satan by Vonda McIntyre. Cover art by Stephen Bradbury. -
Book II of Avalon. Eilan, daughter of the Druids, is destined to serve the Great Goddess as a virgin priestess. Gaius, son of a Roman father and British mother, serves with the legions. Trapped between a love that can never be permitted and duty to their irreconcilable cultures, their hearts and minds are in turmoil as the waning power of Rome and the rising rebellion of the tribes clash in the bitter struggle for Britain. Yet it is foretold that from their tragic union of Eagle and Dragon will one day come a defender of the land...Cover art by John Jude Palencar. -
An interesting re-telling of Homer's epic poem, the Iliad from the point of view of Kassandra, daughter of King Priam of Troy. Trained as an Amazon and a priestess of Apollo, she is doomed to have her visions dismissed as lunatic ravings and she is powerless to avert the fall of Troy. The Trojan War is seen and experienced through the eyes of not only Kassandra, but her mother Hecuba, her sister Andromache, Helen, wife of Paris and Klytemnestra. Blending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods and the feats of heroes, the classic tale of the Trojan War is larger-than-life, as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished. Cover art by Mel Flatt. -
Narabedla...where the Rainbow Cities gleam in every colour imaginable under the light of twin suns; where lush flowers croon a song of death in the gardens of Karamy the Golden, where their victims are never found; where falcons with human intelligence hunt in the forests, but seek no ordinary prey; where the mutant Dreamers sleep fitfully in their dark keep, dreaming of power lost long ago, and soon to be reclaimed...Cover art by Melvyn Grant. -
Book XVIII of Darkover. For Jeff Kerwin, Darkover meant home, the home he had left as a child, the home he had longed for through the many years. When he finally returned, it was to mystery. There were no records of any kind of either his birth or childhood.Then after he renounced his Terran allegiance and joined the natives attempting to free Darkover from Earth's control, the Darkovans accused him of being a spy. Had Jeff been conditioned on Earth to betray Darkover? He was no longer sure of who - or what - he really was. Cover art by Melvyn Grant. -
Book IV of The Saga Of The Trillium. Haramis – the White Lady – has lived several lifetimes as Archimage and Guardian of a land now abloom with the mystical Black Trillium, once thought extinct. But now she is plagued by disturbing dreams that will drive her to seek a successor – Mikayla, who knows nothing of her fate or kinship with the great Haramis. The challenges ahead will be more difficult than either Haramis or Mikayla could ever imagine. For installing a successor may be the most difficult fight they’ve ever had to face…Cover art by Geoff Taylor.