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The Winds of Darkover
Written by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Narrated by Pete Bradbury
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
A member of the Terran Spaceforce finds himself drawn into the unmapped heart of the Darkovan mountain ranges, away from the trade city into an ancient battle that is to shape the destiny of more than one world.
Author
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Zimmer Bradley is the creator of the popular Darkover universe, as well as the critically acclaimed author of the bestselling ‘The Mists of Avalon’ and its sequel, ‘The Forest House’. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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Reviews for The Winds of Darkover
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A Terran technician, on the planet of Darkover is involved in the intense levels of mysticism that the planet and its deities demand of the inhabitants. the final results lead to the reclamation of a mountain estate by its rightful owners. I'm not a heavy Bradley fan.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is an enjoyable novel, but not one of the more memorable in the series, and definitely not the one I'd recommend as an entry into the series. Darkover is a "lost colony" of Earth that falls into a medieval society ruled by a psychic aristocracy and is later rediscovered by a star-spanning advanced human federation after centuries, giving the series a feel of both science fiction and fantasy. Most books in the series examine this culture clash and this book is no exception as a member of the Terran spaceforce, Dan Barron, gets involved with the comyn, the planetary aristocracy. The series was written out of chronological order, and Bradley wrote them so they could each stand alone. And this particular book has few connections to other books, many of which do have recurring characters. This was the fifth book published, and I think Bradley came into her own as a writer later, and the best Darkover books were in my opinion written from 1974 to 1984, before her stroke. So I'd start perhaps with The Shattered Chain, which is where the friend who introduced me to this series told me to start, or The Spell Sword and it's immediate sequel Forbidden Tower or Heritage of Hastur. Once you're hooked on the series, yes you'll want to read this one, it's a fun yarn, but not one of the essentials.