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Overview

Regis Hastur, lord of the most powerful of the seven domains of Darkover, learns that the Terran Federation's operatives are pressuring Darkover to give up its closed world status and become a full member of this intergalactic empire. But Regis knows that if Darkover joins the Federation his beloved home planet will become nothing more than a military hub, sapped of its resources and cultural heritage. Still there are those among Darkover's ruling families who are tempted by the promise of increased technology that membership in the Federation would bring.

Meanwhile, Regis learns that he has an older illegitimate brother, Rinaldo. But his joy in finding his sibling is short-lived, as Regis's enemies try to force him to abdicate leadership of Darkover in favor of his older brother. They hope to manipulate Rinaldo into agreeing to join the Federation. But unbeknownst to anyone, Rinaldo has a plan of his own...

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780756406226
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 1/5/2010
  • Pages: 421
  • Sales rank: 845,350
  • Series: Darkover Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.30 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 1.50 (d)

Meet the Author

Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Zimmer Bradley
A prolific storyteller from the time she was old enough to talk, Marion Zimmer Bradley had an enormous impact on the science fiction and fantasy genres, imagining centuries of technological and culture clashes in the colonization of a distant planet in her Darkover series and recasting the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the women in his life in her 1983 masterpiece, The Mists of Avalon.

Biography

Marion Zimmer Bradley was writing before she could write. As a young girl, before she learned to take pen in hand, she was dictating stories to her mother. She started her own magazine -- devoted to science fiction and fantasy, of course -- as a teenager, and she wrote her first novel when she was in high school.

Given this history of productivity, it is perhaps no surprise that Bradley was working right up until her death in 1999. Though declining health interfered with her output, she was working on manuscripts and editing magazines, including another sci-fi/fantasy publication of her own making.

Her longest-running contribution to the genre was her Darkover series, which began in 1958 with the publication of The Planet Savers. The series, which is not chronological, covers several centuries and is set on a distant planet that has been colonized by humans, who have interbred with a native species on the planet. Critics lauded her efforts to address culture clashes -- including references to gays and lesbians -- in the series.

"It is not just an exercise in planet-building," wrote Susan Shwartz in the St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers. "A Darkover book is commonly understood to deal with issues of cultural clash, between Darkover and its parent Terran culture, between warring groups on Darkover, or in familial terms."

Diana Pharoah Francis, writing in Contemporary Popular Writers, noted the series' attention on its female characters, and the consequences of the painful choices they must make: "Struggles are not decided easily, but through pain and suffering. Her point seems to be that what is important costs, and the price is to be paid out of the soul rather than out of the pocketbook. Her characters are never black and white but are all shades of gray, making them more compelling and humanized."

Bradley's most notable single work would have to be The Mists of Avalon. Released in 1983, its 800-plus pages address the King Arthur story from the point of view of the women in his life -- including his wife, his mother and his half sister. Again, Bradley received attention and critics for her female focus, though many insist that she cannot be categorized strictly as a "feminist" writer, because her real focus is always character rather than politics.

"In drawing on all of the female experiences that make of the tapestry of the legend, Bradley is able to delve into the complexity of their intertwined lives against the tapestry of the undeclared war being waged between the Christians and the Druids," Francis wrote in her Contemporary Popular Writers essay. "Typical of Bradley is her focus on this battle, which is also a battle between masculine (Christian) and feminine (Druid) values."

And Maureen Quilligan, in her New York Times review in 1983, said: "What she has done here is reinvent the underlying mythology of the Arthurian legends. It is an impressive achievement. Greek, Egyptian, Roman, Celtic and Orphic stories are all swirled into a massive narrative that is rich in events placed in landscapes no less real for often being magical."

Avalon flummoxed Hollywood for nearly 20 years before finally making it to cable television as a TNT movie in 2001, starring Joan Allen, Anjelica Huston, and Julianna Margulies.

Two years before she died, Bradley's photograph was included in The Faces of Science Fiction, a collection of prominent science fiction writers, such names as Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury. Under it, she gave her own take on the importance of the genre:

"Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision."

Good To Know

Aside from her science fiction and fantasy writing, Bradley also contributed to the gay and lesbian genre, publishing lesbian fiction under pseudonyms, bibliographies of gay and lesbian literature, and a gay mainstream novel.

Bradley rewrote some editions of her Darkover series to accommodate real advances in technology.

Her first stories were published in pulp science fiction magazines in the 1950s.

    1. Also Known As:
      Lee Chapman, Morgan Ives, Miriam Gardner, John Dexter
    1. Date of Birth:
      June 30, 1930
    2. Place of Birth:
      Albany, New York
    1. Date of Death:
      September 25, 1999
    2. Place of Death:
      Berkeley, California
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  • Posted January 10, 2010

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    exhilarating character driven Darkover thriller

    The Terran Empire was no more having morphed into the Federation. With that change, the philosophy of choice ends so that those worlds like Darkover that fail to join the Federation will receive a special visit from the insidious World Wreckers whose mantra is join or die.

    Darkover has had such a visit with the assassinations of the Comyn Council members. Only the Hastur of Hastur, Regent of Darkover, remains in the way of a Terran takeover that would exhaust the planet's natural resources as a military stop. The ruler however is old and dying. His grandson Regis Hastur is heir, but he prefers not to rule as that would mean giving up his beloved Danilo Syrtiss. However, on his death bed, the current ruler informs his grandson that he has an older half-brother Rinaldo hidden away in shame. Regis always wanted a sibling, but now feels he might have a way to give up being the heir at a critical time when the planet lacks strong leadership.

    This is an exhilarating character driven Darkover thriller, which apparently Deborah J. Ross completed from a manuscript written by the late great Marion Zimmer Bradley before she died over a decade ago. The story line is fast-paced as the Terrans use any means to gain control, but it is the two brothers who make the novel work as in spite of their psi powers they seem real. With a super look at power, responsibility, accountability and leadership; fans of the saga will not be able to delineate what are Ms. Ross' touches and what was Ms. Bradley as we welcome a new Darkover entry.

    Harriet Klausner

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  • Posted October 13, 2010

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    A Great Addition to the Series

    Deborah J. Ross richly contributes to Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series, what I believe to be is another character developing chapter in the life of Regis Hastur. His position in the Comyn is challenged along with the efforts of his Telepathic Council of common people and offworlders, but also his love for his paxman Danilo is in jeopardy. As the Terran Empire makes the swift and galaxy changing political move to establish itself as a Federation, Darkover could lose its status of being a Class D Closed World. While resisting Ridenow's push for Federation membership, Regis will continue to struggle with his role as Heir to his Domain, his proposal to Linnea the Keeper, and he rush to move the burden of Hastur of Hastur onto the all too willing shoulders of his newfound cristoforo older brother. Here is where Deborah J. Ross will use her talents to interweave the political complications that Regis and Darkover are forced to face, in addition to the overwhelming inquisition like revolution that Rinaldo will make with his cristoforo religion. He means to cleanse the entire planet of sin, with the crazed and misguided influence of offworlder Tiphani, Lawton's wife. Driven by his newfound power in status, Rinaldo is not above kidnapping the young children of the Comyn or those of the Thendara Trade City either. Compromising the increasingly delicate Darkoveran and Terran relations, and dangerously close to the verge of a war, Rinaldo's actions with his believed to be prophet Luminosa, will demand that Regis not only take back his hereditary role as Hastur Lord, but he must save his marriage, family members, lover, and the planet from the manipulated mistakes of the fanatic, the brother he loves and trusts.

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  • Posted October 13, 2010

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    A Great Addition to the Series

    Deborah J. Ross richly contributes to Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series, what I believe to be is another character developing chapter in the life of Regis Hastur. His position in the Comyn is challenged along with the efforts of his Telepathic Council of common people and offworlders, but also his love for his paxman Danilo is in jeopardy. As the Terran Empire makes the swift and galaxy changing political move to establish itself as a Federation, Darkover could lose its status of being a Class D Closed World. While resisting Ridenow's push for Federation membership, Regis will continue to struggle with his role as Heir to his Domain, his proposal to Linnea the Keeper, and he rush to move the burden of Hastur of Hastur onto the all too willing shoulders of his newfound cristoforo older brother. Here is where Deborah J. Ross will use her talents to interweave the political complications that Regis and Darkover are forced to face, in addition to the overwhelming inquisition like revolution that Rinaldo will make with his cristoforo religion. He means to cleanse the entire planet of sin, with the crazed and misguided influence of offworlder Tiphani, Lawton's wife. Driven by his newfound power in status, Rinaldo is not above kidnapping the young children of the Comyn or those of the Thendara Trade City either. Compromising the increasingly delicate Darkoveran and Terran relations, and dangerously close to the verge of a war, Rinaldo's actions with his believed to be prophet Luminosa, will demand that Regis not only take back his hereditary role as Hastur Lord, but he must save his marriage, family members, lover, and the planet from the manipulated mistakes of the fanatic, the brother he loves and trusts.

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  • Posted April 1, 2010

    Hastur Lord Well Worth the Read

    While I have pretty much have read everything Marion Zimmer Bradley has written, I must admit that I was somewhat skeptical of others writing/dabbling in this world. But I truly believe that Deborah J. Ross has done a magnificant job with this story and brings to life a time period between "The World Wreckers" and "Exile's Song"...

    While the Alton Gift introduced us to some new characters post "Traitor's Sun",..I believe that the Hastur Lord brings to life those who are very complex and how their lives were woven together - particularly how Regis Hastur has made choices in not only his early life but also during the time of Exile's Song and beyond.

    I truly appreciated the writing, the style, and the character development of this fantastic read. Even the subplot of men being pledged to one another brought to me a wonderful depiction of honor, loyalty, and love. The trust that builds due to one man's honor is something that I believe is so lacking in our own culture at times. Thank you Ms. Ross for having the courage to write about courage, trust, and honor in a way that defies convention and what is called "normal." Certainly - this read can provide all that you need for drama, originality, and character development. It has plugged some holes in my understanding of the Darkover world.

    Again, thank you!

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