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Return with Marion Zimmer Bradley and the Friends of Darkover to the planet of the Bloody Sun, the world of Darkover, where powerful families gifted with rare mental powers of laran rule the land, where Terran technology is seen as the greatest evil, and survival often depends on a steady... read more

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1. Introduction: About Amazons, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
2. "The Oath of the Free Amazons", by Walter Breen
3. "The Legend of Lady Bruna", by Marion Zimmer Bradley
4. "Cast Off Your Chains", by Margaret Silvestri
5. "The Banshee", by Sherry Kramer
6. On the Trail", by Barbara Armistead
7. To Open a Door", by P. Alexandra Riggs
8. "The Meeting", by Nina Boal
9. "The Mother Quest", by Diana L. Paxson
10. "Child of the Heart", by Elisabeth Waters
11. "Midwife", by Deborah Wheeler
12. "Recruits", by Maureen Shannon
13. "A Different Kind of Courage", by Mercedes R. Lackey
14. "Knives", by Marion Zimmer Bradley
15. "Tactics", by Jane M. H. Bigelow
16. "This One Time", by Joan Marie Verba
17. "Her Own Blood", by Margaret L. Carter
18. "The Camel’s Nose", by Susan Holtzer
19. "Girls Will Be Girls", by Patricia Shaw-Mathews
20. "Growing Pains", by Susan M. Shwartz
21. "Oath of the Free Amazons: Terran, Techno Period", by Jaida n’ha Sandra

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in The Renunciates. (standard series)
This book is in Darkover. (standard series)
This is book 657 of 911 in DAW Books. (publisher series)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Marion Zimmer Bradley (Editor) - Also wrote the introduction and contributed the stories "The Legend of Lady Bruna" and "Knives."
  2. Elisabeth Waters (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Walter H. Breen (Contributor) - "The Oath of the Free Amazons"
  2. Margaret Silvestri (Contributor) - "Cast Off Your Chains"
  3. Sherry Kramer (Contributor) - "The Banshee"
  4. Barbara Armistead (Contributor) - "On the Trail"
  5. P. Alexandra Riggs (Contributor) - "To Open a Door"
  6. Nina Boal (Contributor) - "The Meeting"
  7. Diana L. Paxson (Contributor) - "The Mother Quest"
  8. Deborah Wheeler (Contributor) - "Midwife"
  9. Maureen Shannon (Contributor) - "Recruits"
  10. Mercedes Lackey (Contributor) - "A Different Kind of Courage"
  11. Jane M. H. Bigelow (Contributor) - "Tactics"
  12. Joan Marie Verba (Contributor) - "This One Time"
  13. Margaret L. Carter (Contributor) - "Her Own Blood"
  14. Susan Holtzer (Contributor) - "The Camel's Nose"
  15. Patricia Shaw-Mathews (Contributor) - "Girls Will Be Girls"
  16. Susan Shwartz (Contributor) - "Growing Pains"
  17. Jaida n’ha Sandra (Contributor) - "Oath of the Free Amazons: Terran, Techno Period"

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Daw Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1985
ISBN: 0886770963
Page Count: 304

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