The shattered chain
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Author
Contributions
- DAW Books Inc. - Contributor
- Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) - Contributor
- George Barr (cover art) - Contributor
Publication
1976 - DAW Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
71,750 words, Guess
Page Count
287 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveshatteredchainda00brad
- Internet Archiveshatteredchain0000brad
- ISBN-100879973277
- ISBN-139780879973278
- Goodreads472224
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number93159417
- OCLC Control Number4722406
- Better World Books9780879973278
- Open LibraryOL1488454M
Classifications
- LCCMLC R CP00070
Description
While only women can command the power of the matrix and the secret sciences which keep Darkover from Terran hands, in most respects they are still chattels. But the Free Amazons are considered equal to men, and it is they who provide the key to the Terran-Darkover dilemma.
Description
In this, Bradley's latest, the many colorful threads of that part-human, part-alien world are rewoven into a strikingly different literary tapestry. One such thread could be called the Heritage of Ardais, for the heir to the Ardais Domain has vanished and must be found. The major thread and pattern concerns the role of women. While only women can command the power of the matrix and the secret sciences which keep Darkover from Terran hands, in most respects they are still chattel —indeed in some barbaric parts even kept enchained. Yet there are the strange bands of pledged women known as the Free Amazons, equal to men and outside the laws that keep the rest of their sex subservient. And it is the Free Amazons who provide the key both to the Ardais mystery and the Terran-Darkover dilemma. In THE SHATTERED CHAIN, Marion Zimmer Bradley has produced another great novel to stand alongside THE HERITAGE OF HASTUR. -A DAW BOOKS ORIGINAL-
Subjects
Series Statement
- DAW Books = sf ;
- no. 191
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