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Marion Zimmer Bradley
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English
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Protagonist Bart Steele has big plans for his father's spaceship taxi fleet. He wants to steal the secret of super-fast space travel from an insular race of aliens known as the Lhari—and develops a daring plan to pull it off. Will Steele escape with the secret technology—and his life?
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Avalon series volume 5
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English
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A new age is coming...The King will come...and he will rule forever in Avalon. Through the generations the women of Avalon prepare for the coming of the Defender, the sacred king who will guard the old ways of the Britons and save their land from destruction. On the holy isle of Avalon, hidden in the mists between the world of Faerie and the world of men, they wait. For High Priestess Caillean, facing the Roman foe, salvation comes not through victory,...
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Avalon series volume 6
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English
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When a British princess falls in love with a Roman officer destined for imperial greatness, their forbidden desire exacts an unexpected price: banishment from Avalon. Journeying outside the enchanted isle, Helena grows from maiden to mother to wisewoman, experiencing both joy-with the birth of her child-and loss, when politics forces her lover to choose between the Empire and her. Then Helena's son, Constantine, becomes Emperor, and her position as...
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Avalon series volume 7
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English
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Retells the legend of King Arthur as perceived by the women central to the tale, from the zealous Morgaine, sworn to uphold her goddess at any cost, to the devout Gwenhwyfar, pledged to the king but drawn to another.
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Avalon series volume 4
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English
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She was Eilan, the daughter of a Druidic warleader and gifted with visions. In a land struggling to survive both Roman conquerors and her own people's enemies, surely fate had marked her to become a priestess of the Forest House. But first Eilan had chosen a different, forbidden path-to love Gaius, a soldier of mixed blood among the legions sent to subdue her country. So she must hide a terrible secret when she is anointed as the new High Priestess....
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Pub. Date
[2001]
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431 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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At a time when Darkover is split into warring kingdoms, Corin Leynier, on the cusp of developing his laran powers, becomes a pawn in a plot to bring the entire world under the rule of one king. Sequel Zandru's Forge.
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Darkover novels volume 28
Pub. Date
2013.
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400.
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English
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After an interstellar civil war, heir to the throne Gareth Elhalyn takes on a secret mission to stop the seedy population of Darkover from arming the Dry Towners with forbidden weapons.
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Avalon series volume 3
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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Diana L. Paxson expands Marion Zimmer Bradley's beloved and bestselling Avalon series in a dramatic new installment. Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon, the prequel to The Forest House, tells the story of the Roman conquest of Britain and the origin of the Forest House that preceded the return to Avalon. Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon follows the journey of Boudica, a Celtic princess, and Lhiannon, a priestess who is Boudica's mentor...
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Avalon series volume 8
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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Epic in its sweep and peopled by the remarkable women who have always inhabited Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon expands the legendary saga that has enchanted millions of readers over the years and is sure to please Bradley's loyal readership and anyone who loves wonderfully told stories of history, myth, and fantasy. A boy raised in secret after traitors kill his parents will return to Avalon-and when he does, he'll be faced with a...
14) Hastur Lord
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Darkover novels volume 27
Pub. Date
[2010]
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420 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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Pub. Date
[1995]
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504 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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When the city state of Merina is conquered by an emperor, its ruling women go underground to continue the struggle. The dowager queen, Adele, disappears into a temple, the ruling queen, Lydana, becomes a peddler of beads, and Shehyra, heir to the throne, joins the gypsies. A tale of feminine deception.
17) Ghostlight
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Pub. Date
1995.
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304 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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A daughter revisits the home of her occultist parents to learn why they were killed the night they tried to return the old gods to Earth. The house is occupied by new occultists, including one who sends her blood racing. Fortunately, the ghost of her father is around to protect her from him. By the author of The Mists of Avalon.
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2000.
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534 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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Marguerida Alton finds her peaceful life on Darkover threatened by the sudden death of the planet's aging Regent and a violent takeover attempt by Lyle Belfontaine, the corrupt, ambitious station chief at Federation Headquarters in Thendara.
