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Morgaine, die Hohepriesterin des Nebelreichs Avalon und Schwester von Artus, erzählt die wahre Geschichte ihres königlichen Bruders...

Although Darkover was a world inhabited by humans as well as semi-humans, it was primarily forbidden ground to the Terran traders. Most of the planet’s wild terrain was unexplored...and many of its peoples seclusive and secretive. But for Andrew Carr, there was an attraction he could not evade. Darkover drew him, Darkover haunted him — and when his mapping plane crashed in unknown heights, Darkover prepared to destroy him.

In the era of The Hundred Kingdoms, a time of war and unrest, King Carolin of Hastur and his friend, Keeper Varzil Ridenow, work selflessly to put an end to the destruction caused by the long-range weapons of the magical matrix Towers. But Eduin Deslucido - who once called Carolin brother - has been consumed with a vengeful rage, and will stop at nothing to destroy the king and his plan for peace.

Described as “Bradley’s best novel” by Locus, The Heritage of Hastur, longest and most intricate of the Darkover books, is a brilliant epic of the pivotal event in the strange love-hate relationship between the Terran worlds and the semi-alien offspring of forgotten peoples.

Haunted by mysterious images of hooded figures, Magdalen Lorne, chief Terran operative on Darkover, pursues a quest not only to the frozen ends of the physical world but also to the perilous limits of the spiritual world. And there she is tested by the evil sorcery of the Dark Sisterhood.

The cross-currents of two cultures, one male-dominated, one egalitarian, combined with the human problems of two who switched allegiances, brings into focus all the deepest questions of love and marriage, justice and injustice.

Leonie Hastur has a high degree of laran, the telepathic power of the Comyn caste, and wants to be Keeper of Arilinn Tower, which will give her as much power as her twin brother Lorill, Heir to Hastur. But she has a premonition that something strange and disturbing will come from the sky and change their world forever. She is correct. Ysaye Barnett loves life on shipboard and would happily stay right there, with her beloved computers, forever.

From Marion Zimmer Bradley, acclaimed author of The Mists of Avalon: Race Cargill, Terran Secret Service officer assigned to the planet Wolf, is running for his life. A blood feud with Rakhal, his one-time mentor, best friend, and brother-in-law, means Race must flee the intricate nonhuman society on Wolf, but Rakhal's kidnapping of Race's niece changes the game.

Jeff Kerwin spent the first decade of his life in the Spacemen’s Orphanage in the Terran Trade City on Darkover. Yet he never felt that he belonged. When Jeff is shipped back to Earth at the age of 12, he becomes haunted by dreams of the world surrounding the Terran oasis that had once been his. He is convinced that only on Darkover can he discover his true identity.

Callista leaves the Keepers to marry Andrew Carr, and her twin sister, Ellemir, marries Damon Ridenow, creating a shared four-way bond. But the Keepers have tampered with Callista’s channels, and the foursome must navigate a tangled web of love, time travel, and prophetic dreams to challenge all the old traditions as they fight for a future of their choosing.

Romilly was an independent tomboy from a noble family, contrary to the social demands of Darkovan women. That was bad enough, but when Romilly’s father arranged her marriage to a nobleman she found repulsive, she rebelled. Disguising herself as a boy, she fled into the deep forests. Living off the land was not nearly as difficult for Romilly as for most people, for she possessed a rare and highly treasured gift — telepathic communication with hawk and horse.

Terran child psychologist Bryn Haslund has her hands full, treating the traumatized young victims of the interplanetary Star Alliance. She’s tried to stay out of politics, leaving that to her charismatic statesman father, Ernst. Despite her best efforts to remain neutral, she gets caught in the crackdown of a protest-turned-riot. Then Ernst delivers a robotic speech in support of the Alliance’s tyrannical leader and goes missing.

Il quinto romanzo del Ciclo di Avalon. La storia degli avi di Morgana, costretti ad abbandonare l’isola distrutta di Atlantide, e delle due maghe potentissime che fonderanno una nuova stirpe nelle nebbiose terre della Britannia. So tutto delle fini. Sono gli inizi che non conosco. Chi erano gli antenati che hanno portato ad Avalon l’antica saggezza e l’hanno sepolta come un seme nel cuore di questa collina sacra? Tiriki, grande sacerdotessa della dea Madre, è la Guardiana della Luce, pur essendo cresciuta all’ombra della maledizione di Atlantide.

Bart Steele er 17 år, da han er færdig med sin uddannelse på Rumakademiet. Nu er det tid til at vende tilbage til sin hjemplanet, Vega. Det viser sig imidlertid, at tingene på Vega har ændret sig meget i den tid, Bart har været væk. De brutale Lharier er kommet til magten, og de er ude efter Bart og hans far, fordi de kender til brændstoffet 'rummets ottende farve'. Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) var en amerikansk forfatter, der udgav et væld af både børne- ungdoms- og voksenbøger.

Tutti conosciamo la storia della guerra di Troia. I protagonisti sono Achille, Ettore, Paride, Priamo, Aiace, Odisseo: uomini che danno grandi prove di coraggio, che combattono per l'onore di uno di loro, per il potere, per difendere la propria città o per la rabbia di una perdita che lascia un vuoto incolmabile. Uomini che uccidono, rapiscono, imbrogliano, stuprano... Ma forse la storia vera non è proprio come ce l'hanno raccontata. Molte donne l'hanno abitata e non erano solo prede da riscattare, ma regine, guerriere, sacerdotesse.

I England glider tilhængerne af den gamle keltiske tro og kristendommen længere og længere fra hinanden, selvom der længe har hersket fred i Kong Arthurs rige. Hvad vil der ske, når det endelige opgør skal stå? Kan det fortsat lade sig gøre at holde dronningen og ridder Lancelets kærlighed skjult? Og kan striden om tronen løses uden at involvere Arthurs uægte søn Mordred? Tågerne omkring Avalon er en fantasyserie på fire bind, der dykker ned i legenden om Kong Arthur og ridderne af det runde bord i England i 4-500-tallet.

Presset af dronning Gwenhwyfar er Arthur begyndt at vise stadig større interesse for den kristne tro. Det fører til uenigheder med Avalons præstinder, og snart bryder striden mellem den gamle og den nye tro ud i lys lue. Det er endnu ikke lykkedes Gwenhwyfar at skænke ham en arving, og samtidig bliver det sværere og sværere at bevare hemmeligheden om Morgaines søn. "Tågerne omkring Avalon" er en fantasyserie på fire bind, der dykker ned i legenden om Kong Arthur og ridderne af det runde bord i England i 4-500-tallet.

Troja har ikke langt igen, men selvom hærføreren Hector er død, og byen er splittet af indre magtkampe, er der stadig ingen, der vil lytte til seersken Kassandra. Ikke andre end amazonernes dronning, der nu kommer byen til hjælp. Hvad er det mon, Ægæerne er i gang med at bygge derude på sletten foran byen? Og hvad bliver Kassandras skæbne, når den lange krig får en ende? "Jordrysterens hævn" er tredje og sidste del af serien "Flammer over Troja", som er en fri genfortælling af Homers verdensberømte "Iliaden".

Kassandra, der nu er præstinde i Slangemoderens tempel, modtager stadig syn og glimtvise beskeder fra fremtiden. Men selvom hun koncentrerer sig mere og mere om sit kald som præstinde, kæmper hun også med sine følelser. Hendes fødeby Troja er nu belejret af Ægæerne, men vil stadig ikke anerkende Kassandras forudsigelser og skæbnetro. "Kærlighedsgudindens gave" er anden del af serien "Flammer over Troja", som er en fri genfortælling af Homers verdensberømte "Iliaden".

The Darkovans are descendants of a long-lost Terran colony ship and distrust the Terrans, who have taken up residence on their planet, fearing these strangers intend to disrupt the Darkover society. Many Terrans do feel that the people of Darkover should abandon their “backward” culture and join the Terran Empire.