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Description edit
As a member of the Terran Spaceforce, Jeff Kerwin returns to Darkover, where he had spent his early years in an orphanage, and searches for clues about his true identity. Reprint.
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Characters/People edit
- Kennard Alton: Comyn, son of Valdir. A thickset, urbane red-head at the Tower of Arilinn.
- Valdir Alton/Lewis Lanart of Alton, Lord of Armida: Kennard's father.
- Lorill Hastur: Lord, one of the Elders of the Council, the Hastur-Lord, telepath, Leonie's twin brother.
- Lady Janine of Arilinn: A leronis
- Leonie Hastur: The Keeper of Arilinn, a leronis.
- Cleindori Aillard: The youngest daughter of Damon Ridenow.
- Damon Ridenow: Married into the Domain of Alton.
- Callista: Trained to be Keeper of Arilinn after Leonie.
- Jefferson Andrew Kerwin, Junior/Jeff Kerwin: The main character, brought up on Cottman IV in the Spaceman's Orphanage.
- Johnny Ellers: A Terran.
- Ragan: Add a description of this character.
- Taniquel: A pizie-pretty red-head at the Tower of Arilinn.
- Corus
- Auster: A feline and arrogant red-head at the Tower of Arilinn.
- Rannirl: The technician at Tower Arilinn.
- Neyrissa/Rissa: The monitor at Tower Arilinn.
- Elorie: The Keeper of Arilinn.
- Mesyr
- Danvan Hastur of Hastur: Warden of Hastur, Regent of the Seven Domains, Lord of Thendara and Carcosa
Setting & Locations edit
- Cottman IV/Darkover: A planet.
- Earth: A planet.
- Terran Trade City
- the Tower of Arilinn
First Sentence edit
Leonie Hastur was dead.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue: Darkover
The Leronis
CHAPTER ONE The Terran
Forty Years Later
CHAPTER TWO The Matrix
CHAPTER THREE The Strangers
CHAPTER FOUR The Search
CHAPTER FIVE The Technician
CHAPTER SIX Re-Exile
CHAPTER SEVEN Homecoming
CHAPTER EIGHT The World Outside
CHAPTER NINE Challenge to Arilinn
CHAPTER TEN The Way of Arilinn
CHAPTER ELEVEN Shadows on the Sun
CHAPTER TWELVE The Trap
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Exile
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Doorway to the Past
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Through the Barrier
CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Broken Tower
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Conscience of a Keeper
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 10 in Second Age: After the Comyn. (standard series)
Followed by The Heritage of Hastur (A Darkover Novel).
This is book 17 of 88 in Darkover. (standard series)
Preceded by Winds Of Darkover, and followed by The Heritage of Hastur (A Darkover Novel).
This is book 944 of 483 in DAW Books. (publisher series)
Preceded by Earthsong, and followed by Outworld Cats.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Marion Zimmer Bradley (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books, Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1965
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Page Count: Add the page count.
Publisher: Ace Books, Inc.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1965
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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