Free Amazons of Darkover

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 sword and quickness of wits. Here dwell the Free Amazons, who have set themselves apart from their male-ruled world, owing loyalty only to each other, living their lives as free citizens, equal to any man or woman, soldier or lord. The eighteen tales in this collection, including two by Marion Zimmer Bradley herself, tell the story of these Free Amazons, and are certain to enchant anyone who has fallen under the spell of the Amazon heroines of Thendara House and City of Sorcery. On the Trail - Barbara Armistead Tactics - Jane M.H. Bigelow The Meeting - Nina Boal Knives - Marion Zimmer Bradley The Legend of Lady Bruna - Marion Zimmer Bradley The Oath of the Comhi Letzii, Or "Order of the Renunciates" - Walter Breen Her Own Blood - Margaret L. Carter The Camel's Nose - Susan Holtzer The Oath of the Free Amazons: Terra, Techno Period - Jaida n'ha Sandra The Banshee - Sherry Kramer A Different Kind of Courage - Mercedes R. Lackey The Mother Quest - Diana L. Paxson To Open a Door - P. Alexandra Riggs Growing Pains - Susan M. Schwartz Recruits - Maureen Shannon Girls Will Be Girls - Patricia Shaw-Mathews Cast Off Your Chains - Margaret Silvestri This One Time - Joan Marie Verba Child of the Heart - Elisabeth Waters Midwife - Deborah J. Wheeler