The Shattered Chain (Darkover, #10)

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

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In this, Bradley's latest, the many colorful threads
of that part-human, part-alien world are rewoven into
a strikingly different literary tapestry.
One such thread could be called the Heritage of
Ardais, for the heir to the Ardais Domain has vanished
and must be found.
The major thread and pattern concerns the role of women. While only women can command the power
of the matrix and the secret sciences which keep
Darkover from Terran hands, in most respects they are
still chattel —indeed in some barbaric parts even
kept enchained. Yet there are the strange bands of
pledged women known...Read more
  • ISBN10 0099167107
  • ISBN13 9780099167105
  • Publish Date 17 July 1978 (first published 1 April 1976)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 2 March 2010
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
  • Imprint Legend paperbacks
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Language English