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Second Age: After the Comyn
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The first in a series of omnibus volumes of Marion Zimmer Bradley's best-selling Darkover series, Heritage and Exile includes the two most powerful and important novels in this groundbreaking saga. Nominated for a Hugo Award, and described as "Bradley's best < Darkover > novel" by... read more
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The Heritage of Hastur (A Darkover Novel)
by Marion Zimmer Bradley (Author)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. This is the...
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Sharra's Exile (Darkover)
by Marion Zimmer Bradley (Author)After the Age of Chaos had almost destroyed civilization on the planet of the Bloody Sun, even the Sharra had been exiled, but now the Sharra had returned, embodied in the image of a chained woman wreathed in flames, an image which could change...
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Nominated for a Hugo Award, and described as "Bradley's best <Darkover> novel" by Locus, The Heritage of Hastur tells the complex and compelling tale of the early life of Regis Hastur, Darkover's greatest monarch. It also spins the terrifying and heartbreaking story of those who sought... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Danilo-Felix Syrtis: The only son of an impoverished noble family.
- Lew Alton / Lewis Kennard Montray Alton: The heir to the Alton Domain.
- Regis Hastur / Rafael Felix Alar Hastur y Elhalyn: The heir to the Hastur Domain.
- Beltran: Kermiac's son. Lew's cousin.
- Marjorie Scott: Kermiac's foster-daughter, sister to Thyra & Rafe, a half-Terran, & Lew's love interest.
- Marius Alton: Lew's brother.
- Gabriel Lanart-Hastur: Javanne's husband.
- Rafe Scott: Kermiac's foster-son, & brother to Marjorie & Thyra.
- Prince Derik Elhalyn: Deemed by the Hasturs unfit, immature, dull-witted & slow to rule.
- Kathie Marshall: A medic who looks very very like Linnell.
- Andres: Add a description of this character.
- Merryl Lindir-Aillard
- Diotima Ridenow / Dio: 15 or 16 years old; Lerrys's sister.
- Thyra Scott: Kermiac's foster-daughter, & sister to Marjorie & Rafe.
- Mikhail: Javanne's 4-year-old son.
- Linnea Storn-Lanart
- Damon Lanart-Aillard / Jeff Kerwin: The son of Cleindori & Lewis.
- Bob / Robert Raymon Kadarin / Kadarin: Six fingered like the Ardais & Aillard men. Spent 10 years in Terran Empire intelligence.
- Cleindori: The last of the Keepers trained completely in the old, cloistered virginal tradition.
- Callina Aillard: Keeper of Neskaya Tower.
- Edric Ridenow, Lord Serrais: Thickset, red-bearded lord of Serrais.
- Lord Kermiac of Aldaran: Rules over the Trade City Caer Donn.
- Javanne Hastur: Regis' sister.
- Ashara: The oldest of the Keepers on Darkover.
Table of Contents edit
The Heritage of Hastur
Sharra's Exile
Glossary edit
- casta: A language spoken on Darkover that sounds similair to Spanish.
- cahuenga: The mountain dialet which has become a common tongue all over Darkover. Similair to English & Gaelic.
- ombredin: A lover of men.
- leronis: Sorceress.
- laran: The special hyper-developed psychic powers of the Comyn and those of their blood.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Second Age: After the Comyn. (standard series)
This book is in Darkover. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Marion Zimmer Bradley (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Daw Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0756400651
Page Count: 784
Publisher: Daw Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0756400651
Page Count: 784
Awards edit
- Hugo (Finalist, 1976)
- Nebula Award (Finalist, 1975: Best Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsFantasy/Science Fiction Violence, Suggestive Sexual Scenes
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