Marion Zimmer was born in Albany, NY, on June 3, 1930, and married Robert
Alden Bradley in 1949. Mrs. Bradley received her B.A. in 1964 from Hardin
Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, then did graduate work at the University
of California, Berkeley, from 1965-67.
She
was a science fiction/fantasy fan from her middle teens, and made her first
sale as an adjunct to an amateur fiction contest in FANTASTIC/AMAZING STORIES
in 1949. She had written as long as she could remember, but wrote only for
school magazines and fanzines until 1952, when she sold her first professional
short story to VORTEX SCIENCE FICTION. She wrote everything from science
fiction to Gothics, but is probably best known for her Darkover novels.
In addition
to her novels, Mrs. Bradley edited many magazines, amateur and professional,
including Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine, which she started in
1988. She also edited an annual anthology called SWORD AND SORCERESS for
DAW Books.
Over
the years she turned more to fantasy; THE HOUSE BETWEEN THE WORLDS, although
a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club, was "fantasy undiluted". She
wrote a novel of the women in the Arthurian legends -- Morgan Le Fay, the
Lady of the Lake, and others -- entitled MISTS OF AVALON, which made the
NY Times best seller list both in hardcover and trade paperback, and she
also wrote THE FIREBRAND, a novel about the women of the Trojan War. Her
historical fantasy novels, THE FOREST HOUSE and LADY OF AVALON are prequels
to MISTS OF AVALON.
She
died in Berkeley, California on September 25, 1999, four days after suffering
a major heart attack. She was survived by her brother, Leslie Zimmer; her
sons, David Bradley and Patrick Breen; her daughter, Moira Stern; and her
grandchildren.
Fiction Series
Atlantean
Web of Light
Web of Darkness Victoria Poyser
Web of Light (1983)
Black
and white magic were at war. Domaris, disciple of the Temple of Light
was wrenched from her peaceful life by the arrival of Micon, the Atlantean
prince, whose powers are covetd by the sorcerers of the dark. Soon, out of
a tender, earthly passion, would rise forces that might decide the final
victory.
Web of
Darkness (1983)
When
young priestess Deoris abandons her family, religion, and pride to follow
the dark sorcerer Riveda, their union unleashes powerful forces that threaten
the foundations of Atlantis.
Web of
Darkness (1985)/ The Fall of Atlantis (1987)
Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ravens of Avalon w/ Diana L. Paxson
The Mists of Avalon
(1983)
Morgaine,
gifted with the Sight and fated with her brother-lover's doom, recounts the
glorious tragedy of Camelot's brief flowering - not as a tale of knightly
deeds, but as a woman's rounded view of society in the crucible of change.
The Forest House (1994)
Inside
the walls of the Forest House, in a remote part of Britain, a secret sect
of Druidic priestesses guards the ancient rites of learning, healing, and
magic against the onslaught of invading Romans.
Lady of
Avalon (1997)
Lady
of Avalon tells the story of three remarkable women who alter the fortunes
of Roman Britain as they fight to reclaim the magic and traditions of a once
glorious past.
Priestess
of Avalon (2000) with Diana L. Paxson
Helena.
Beautiful, young, enigmatic. She's a daughter of the Holy Isle who became
a Christian Saint and the heroine of Welsh legend. In 296, the emperor Contantius
come to Britian and falls in love with Princess Eilan, known as Helana to
the Romans. She is also the daughter of King Coel and the high Priestess
of Avalon. Helena see's a chance to marry the bloodlines of ancient royal
families, and their myths and traditions. But she has to contend with the
politics of Rome, the ill fortunes of war and the irresistable rise of a
powerful new religion...
Ancestors of
Avalon (2004) with Diana L. Paxson
The
Ancestors of Avalon is the story of the priests and priestesses - the ancestors
in body and spirit of the characters who reappear in the other Avalon books
- who flee the destruction of Atlantis and take refuge in the mist-shrouded
isle of Britain. But once landed at Belerion the survivors are torn, do they
look north to the midlands and seek to lead the Wessex kings, or do they
explore the mystical Tor and reestablish their magical traditions within
a spiritual kingdom. It is they who teach the Neolithic inhabitants how to
move the mighty stones, and carve the spiral pathway around Glastonbury Tor
but can they survive the battle against each other.
Marion Zimmer Bradley's
Ravens of Avalon (2007) with Diana L. Paxson
Ravens
of Avalon
follows the journey of Boudica, a Celtic princess, and Lhiannon, a priestess
who is Boudica's mentor on the Druid isle. When the Romans conquer Britain,
Lhiannon fights them while Boudica is married to a king who has surrendered.
Theirs is a great love story, but when he dies, the Romans brutalize her
and her daughters. In rage, Boudica raises the British tribes and nearly succeeds
in driving the Romans from Britain, claiming a place in history. Lhiannon
survives and becomes the guardian of the Druid traditions in the new Roman
Britannia as high priestess of the Forest House.
Lew
Alton had always walked between two worlds--his mother was Terran, his father
Darkovan--and he had never been accepted by either. Yet Alton alone could
fully understand both worlds, and the mystic forces gathering to engulf them.
That was why he was returning from long exile, armed with the legendary sword
of the Sharra matrix--the sword destined to fight the mighty battle that
decides Darkover's uncertain fate.
The Sword of Aldones (1962) Fair Lew Alton
had always walked between two worlds-his mother was Terran his father Darkovan-and
he had never been accepted by either. The Bloody Sun
(1964)
To
Terran Jeff Keerwin the distant planet he remembered only as a childhood
dream was home. But when years of planning finally brough him back to Darkover,
he found that there was no peace for him there --- not for someone with both
the red hair of a Com'yn lord and the bastard strains of Terrani in his blood;
not for someone who carried a Darkovan matrix jewel without knowing where
it came from; not for someone who managed to win the trust of the sacred
Keepers and the secrets of their Tower, only to be accused of betraying them
to his Terran masters.
Star of Danger (1965)
Two
natives of Darkover are forced to combine Darkover matrix magic with Terran
technology to stand against a shared enemy.
The Winds of Darkover
(1970)
Among
the native people of Darkover, even those outside the rule of the Comyn,
certain taboos are strictly forbidden. In this society of telepaths, none
must use their mental powers in order to shadow, or take over the mind and
body, of another individual. Drastic times call for drastic measures, however,
and the situation at High Windward, the outlying Castle of Storn, is indeed
drastic. The stronghold has been breached and the family of Storn virtually
imprisoned by a gang of ruffians. The oldest son and de facto head of the
family, Loran, lies in a deathlike trance inside the high walls of the castle,
protected by a magical force field; blind since birth and thus virtually
powerless to stop the storming of the castle, he is not without magical recourse
in his trancelike state. Eldric, his younger brother, is imprisoned in the
dungeon. Allira, his timid sister, has been forcefully taken as a wife by
the leader of the gang of bandits, but the younger Melitta has been given,
at least temporarily, limited freedom of movement inside the walls of the
castle. Alienated from the families of the Comyn on Darkover, Loran Storn
has no one to call upon for aid. Taboo or not, his only hope is to search
out another mind and engineer some kind of rescue mission,
The World Wreckers
(1971)
Darkover
has resisted the Terran Empire's efforts in colonization and industrialization.
But the leader of Planetary Investments Unlimited (known as Worldwreckers,
Inc.) has decided to take on this assignment herself . . . for long ago,
she had called Darkover home.
Darkover Landfall (1972)
When
a Terran ship crashed on Darkover, many of the colonists and crew wished
to stay and build an Earthlike society on the alien planet. They might be
the most intelligent species on that world and could make themselves its
lords and masters. They didn't realize the dangers that lurked until the
Ghost Wind began to blow and the powers of Darkover worked to claim them
completely...
The Spell Sword (1974)
The
sole survivor when his plane crashes on Darkover, Andrew Carr, a young Terran
trader, is determined to overcome the planet's harsh challenges.
The Heritage of Hastur
(1975)
The
Heritage of Hastur
tells the complex and compelling tale of the early life of Regis Hastur,
Darkover's greatest monarch. It also spins the terrifying and heartbreaking
story of those who sought to control the deadly Sharra Matrix, and of how
Lew Alton met and lost his greatest love, Marjorie Scott.
The most dangerous magical implement on all of Darkover was the infamous,
legendary Sharra Matrix. The Sharra Matrix had been exiled offworld in the
protective custody of Comyn Lord Lew Alton. But when Lew was called back
to Darkover to contest his rights, he had no choice but to bring this dangerous
matrix back with him. Once the Sharra Matrix was back, her flaming image spread
far and wide, setting in motion events which would change the lands, the
seven Domains, and the future of Darkover forever.
The Shattered
Chain (1976)
While
only women can command the power of the matrix , in most respects they are
still chattel-indeed in some parts even kept enchained. Yet there are bands
of women known as Free Amazons. It is the Free Amazons who provide the key
to the Terran-Darkover delemma.
The Forbidden
Tower (1977)
Tradition
and a sacred caste system ruled life on the planet Darkover, but two men
and two women dared to defy the ancient law. Together they formed a powerful
alliance, but was it strong enough to resist the terrible forces of Darkover?
Stormqueen! (1978)
The
great epic of Darkover did not begin with the Terrans' arrival. For in those
years, the power of the matrix was first learned--and misused in a power
struggle that could have made Darkover a duplicate of Terra.
Two to Conquer (1980)
It was
the final, flaming days of the Ages of Chaos. Beneath its Bloody Sun, Darkover
was divided into a hundred warring kingdoms, and civilisation teetered on
the brink of oblivion. This is the story of Bard di Asturien, the ambitious
soldier-outlaw they called the Wolf of the Kilghard Hills; of Varzil, whom
history was to dub The Good - and of the alien from distant Terra who was
the exact double of Varzil's enemy.
Sharra's Exile
(1981)
After
the Age of Chaos had almost destroyed civilization on the planet of the Bloody
Sun, even the Sharra had been exiled, but now the Sharra had returned, embodied
in the image of a chained woman wreathed in flames, an image which could
change the history of Darkover forever.
Hawkmistress! (1982)
She
had rejected her noble birthright and embraced the freedom only a man could
claim. She was Romilly who lived among the beasts of hill and forest and
communicated with them, who tried humanity and turned it down for its evils
and jealousies. She had the MacAran Gift, the rare laran that conferred mastery
over hawk and horse. There was war in the lands of Darkover for this was
the age of the Hundred Kingdoms when usurpers took the throne and the true
king wandered in disguise with a price on his head. Romilly wanted none of
this, but there were those who shared her talents - the men and women of
the Towers. And for them, Romilly was the key.
Thendara House
(1983)
A
romantic fantasy set in a futuristic society divided by two cultures, one
male dominated and one egalitarian, where the roles of male and female, love
and marriage and justice and injustice are brought sharply into focus.
City of Sorcery
(1984)
Seven
years after the events of THENDARA HOUSE, Jaelle and Magda have acknowledged
their profound bond by taking the oath of freemates. They are leading a quiet,
fairly uneventful life until they receive evidence that the legendary Dark
Sisterhood--a community of wise, psychic women, who observe and manipulate
the fates of the people of Darkover--may actually exist. It is said that
if anyone manages to reach their ancient, practically inaccessible city,
she will get the answers to her most profound questions and have her heart's
desire realized. Jaelle and Magda organize an expedition of Terran and Darkovan
women to find this mysterious city of wisdom. But it is no simple journey.
The women will find themselves tested by the harsh environment; the unreliable
locals they meet along the way; a sinister cabal that has set itself against
the Sisterhood; and, most devastatingly, their own doubts and fears.
The Heirs of
Hammerfell (1989)
Set
in the era of The Hundred Kingdoms, it tells of the twin sons of the Duke
of Hammerfell, separated as children after the destruction of their home
and the killing of their father by Ardrin, Lord of Storn, as a result of
an ancient blood feud. Alastair, the elder, is raised by his mother, the
leronis Erminie in Thendara, the lowland capital of the Hasturs, while Conn,
the younger and gifted with telepathy, is saved by an old retainer and grows
up with the mountain people of the Hellers. When the two are reunited as
adults, Alastair, contemptuous of his brother as a country bumpkin, sets
out to reclaim his heritage, while Conn, viewing his twin as a fop and a
weakling, stays behind to protect his mother and fall in love with Alastair's
promised wife, Floria, a monitor trained to work in the Towers.
Rediscovery (1993)
with Mercedes Lackey
Leonie
Hasture, headstrong daughter of one of the most powerful telepathic families
who rule Darkover, is to be trained in the use of her psychic powers. Although
this is an event she has long dreamed of, she is plagued by a terrifying
premonition....
Exile's Song
(1996)
She
was Margaret Alton, the daughter of Lew Alton, the Darkovan representative
to the Terran Imperial Senate, but she remembered almost nothing about the
planet of her birth, or her early and tumultuous childhood. What fleeting
memories disturbed her sleep were fragments of terror-a strange silver man
and a screaming woman with hair that circled her head like a ring of fire--
The Shadow Matrix
(1997) with Adrienne Martine-Barnes
Margaret
Alton, daughter of Darkover's Senator to the Terran Federation, struggles
to master her telepathic gifts.
Traitor's Sun (1999)
As wife
of the heir designate to the throne of Darkover, and mother of three teenagers,
life is busy but happy and fulfilling for Margaret Alton. But when the planet's
Regent suddenly dies and a revolution erupts within the Federation, Margaret
and her family face a violent takeover attempt by the Terran Station Chief
of the Federation Base on Darkover. Can Margaret and her husband Mikhail face
the might of Terran weapons with only their combined telepathic Laran powers?
In
the sequel to Traitor's Sun (1999), the Terrans have left Darkover, and little
of their technology remains. Remnants of the Comyn are finding that governing
the planet takes more energy and personnel than they have. Changes are needed,
but squabbling over what changes continues. Its dream of a Terran-less world
fulfilled, the conservative faction strives to restore its unquestioned lordship
of the Domains. Domenic Hastur, heir to lordship of the Comyn, travels the
Domains to assess the people's problems. When his father, the regent Mikhail,
is assassinated, Domenic must assume the lordship just as a plague strikes
Thendara.
During
the era of the Hundred Kingdoms, when Darkover is splintered by constant
border conflicts, the laranzu
Rumail, ambitious and power-hungry King Damian's Tower-trained brother, is
sent to Verdanta to examine young Coryn Leynier and his sisters for evidence
of psychic ability. While examining Coryn, Rumail buries a weapon of destruction
deep within his mind. Rumail knows Coryn's laran
is strong and gambles that the boy will become a Keeper, the highest rank
among the Tower-trained. As such, Coryn would be perfectly placed to unwittingly
bring down Darkover's most powerful dynasty, the Hasturs of Thendara, putting
control of Darkover in Damian's hands. Coryn does indeed become Keeper of
Neskaya Tower, but Rumail fails to reckon on the power of love to intervene.
Yet when Neskaya falls, will Coryn and his lover, a Hastur queen, be equal
to the near-impossible task of stopping Rumail's abominable abuse of laran?
Zandru's Forge (2003) with
Deborah J. Ross
In
the era of The Hundred Kingdoms, a time of war and unrest, a legendary friendship
is forged between king and keeper which will lead to a new destiny for Darkover.
A Flame in Hali (2004)
with Deborah J. Ross
It
is an era blurred in with the Ages of Chaos at the tail end. Breeding programs
are no more, but wars are still fought with terrible laran
weapons. The events in this book start some years after the end of Zandru's
Forge.
It overlaps with Two To Conquer
as it mentions the Kilghard Wolf and Varzil's visit in Asturias.
The
Planet Savers / The Sword of Aldones Children
of Hastur Oath
of the Renunciates The
Winds of Darkover & The Planet Savers The
Ages of Chaos Heritage
and Exile The
Saga of the Renunciates The
Forbidden Circle A World Divided
Darkover: First Contact
Darkover Landfall
Two to Conquer To
Save a World
Colin McLaren / Claire
Moffat
Dark Satanic
The Inheritor
Witch Hill
Dark Satanic (1972)
Her
husband's life is in danger. Jamie Melford is about to publish a book on
witchcraft, one that revelas long-hidden occult secrets. Someone very powerful
wants that book destroyed and Jamie Melford with it. Barbara will do anything
to protect him. But she has no powers, no gift; her only weapon is love.
Will it be enough?
The Inheritor
(1984)
Leslie
Barnes has just bought her first home, overlooking San Francisco's Golden
Gate Bridge. It seems the perfect place for Leslie and her sister, a brilliant
young musician.but as soon as they move in, a plague of dark events begins,
unsettling both women. To her horror, Leslie realizes that she is living
in a vortex of magickal power. She must become the guardian of that power
and protect it from those who seek to use it for evil. Trained as a psychologist,
Leslie is in over her head when dealing with the occult--until she meets
Claire Moffatt, a charming medium, and Claire's mentor, Colin MacLaren, world-famous
psychic investigator. Together they stand against evil and enable Leslie
to claim her full inheritance.
Witch Hill (1990)
When
grief-stricken Sara Latimer seeks refuge in the house on Witch Hill, she
finds herself caught in the web of her family's legacy of witchcraft, and
only her love for Brian Standish can drive the evil away.
Sophie,
seeking solace after losing a child, and Jay Jay, who wants to get away from
it all when her third marriage fails, become unwitting heroes in the magical
kingdom of Glenraven when they help its people to overthrow a monster ruler.
In the Rift (1998) with
Holly Lisle
Determined
not to take a death threat lying down, Kate Beacham finds herself in the
mythical world of Glenraven, which she must save in order to preserve her
own life.
Shadow's
Gate
Ghostlight Mark Hess
Witchlight Mark Hess
Gravelight Mark Hess
Heartlight Steven Assael
Ghostlight
(1995)
Twenty
years after her parents are killed in a dangerous ceremony intended to release
the old gods back to Earth, Truth Blackburn returns to the family estate
to learn the truth and confronts the leader of her parent's revived cult.
Witchlight (1996)
Heroine
Winter Musgrave, 36, awakens terrified one morning in a mysterious old rural
New York farmhouse, unable to recall more than flashes of her former life
as a Manhattan stockbroker. Seeking relief from malevolent paranormal phenomena
that she seems to be causing, Winter approaches Truth Jourdemayne, a psychic
researcher who appeared in Ghostlight, for help. With Truth's guidance, Winter
gradually regains her memory and faces horrors within and without as she crisscrosses
the country to track down the members of her college amateur magical circle.
By reforging the group's spiritual bonds, Winter hopes to exorcise her demons
and to save her lover.
Gravelight (1997)
Wycherly
Musgrave is the perfect, drunken, ne'er-do-well youngest brother--and he
fears he may have murdered a young women in a drunken blackout.
Heartlight (1998)
Colin
returns from post-WWII Europe to find that the great evil of Nazism is gone,
but occult forces continue to assault the American psyche.
Hunters of the Red
Moon (1973) with Paul Edwin Zimmer
The
hunters were fair by their standards. but their standards were inhuman. They
kidnapped intelligent beings from far-off planets as prey for their hunt.
If they could survive until the next eclipse of the red moon, wealth and
freedom would be theirs.
The Survivors
(1979) with Paul Edwin Zimmer
Dane,
Rianna, and the the monster Aratak - they were the survivors of the terrible
hunt of the Red Moon. Where all others had failed, they had lived..to achieve
fame and fortune, but to find life in the starways unexpectedly colourless
- until they were asked to investigate a Closed World...But they had not
counted on the problems of this only known world with two dominant ruling
species living in precarious harmony..and with the dread ghosts of whits
dragons which seemed bent on shattering that harmony.
Thieves' World
Lythande Stephen Bradbury
The Gratitude of Kings Neal McPheeters
Lythande
(1986)
She
was pledged by sword and spell to forever fight the forces of chaos..; a
Pilgrim Adept of the Blue Star, she had mastered all the true magic of the
world, but the power of an Adept was always bound to a Secret, and whoever
discovered this sorcerer's Secret could steal away the Blue Star power, leaving
the Adept defenseless, fit only for death; and her secret was perhaps the
most dangerous of all, setting the magic apart from all humanity, forcing
her to war against spell beast, sorcerer, thief, swordsman, and the magic
of the gods themselves.
The Gratitude of Kings
(1997)
In
a year very long ago, a mysterious, lute-playing magician named Lythande
is summoned to the wedding of an old friend, Prince Tashgan, at the castle
of Tschardain. To the world, Lythande appears to be a powerful young wizard.
In truth, she is a centuries-old magician masquerading as a man in order
to hold on to her special powers. If anyone were to discover her true identity,
all would be lost. Yet from the moment she sees the handsome prince again
- and meets Princess Velvet of Valantia, his promised bride - Lythande knows
something is terribly wrong. And when Tashgan asks Lythande to be his champion
at the marriage games, a warning of danger sounds deep in her soul. Soon Lythande
is entangled in the intrigues of court, where shape-shifting creatures and
black treachery challenge her own special powers. Within the wedding party
itself is a cunning enemy dueling for the throne. And the lovely Princess
Velvet conceals a secret that could shatter a delicate trust. Now, as the
marriage games begin, a stunning revelation threatens Lythande's greatest
secret and could expose love as the most clever of illusions. With the future
of the kingdom at stake, Lythande must rely on a very different kind of magic
... a magic born of a friendship and faith stronger than any sorcery....
Black
Trillium (1990) with Andre Norton and Julian May Three princesses have to grow up fast and face difficult
choices as their home is invaded. Lady of the
Trillium (1995) with Elisabeth Waters
Since
the time she and her sisters, Anigel and Kadiya, unified the kingdoms of
Ruwenda and Labornok, Haramis - The White Lady - has lived several lifetiimes
as Archimage and Guardian of a land now abloom with the once rare, mystical
Black Trillium, but high in the Tower of Orogastus, the evil sorcerer of
technology she once defeated, Haramis is plaqued by disturbing dreams that
drive her to seek a successor.
Wolf:
a deadly world under a cold red sun, old when Terrans were learning to walk
upright. Only one Terran agent knew Wolf well enough to pass undetected;
but he had ruined his usefulness long ago. And yet only this scarred and
bitter man could discover the secret of The Door Through Space...
Seven from the Stars (1962)
As they watched
humanity and Earth being destroyed they were determined to fight and survive,
but they now faced an enemy able to live undetected in a human host, unrestricted
by time and space, and determined to rule!
The Colors of Space (abridged)
(1963)/The Colors of Space (1983) (1989)
It
was a week before the Lhari ship went into warp-drive, and all that time
young Bart Steele had stayed in his cabin. He was so bored with his own company
that the Mentorian medic was a welcome sight when he came to prepare him
for cold-sleep.
The
Mentorian paused, needle in hand. "Do you wish to be wakened for the time
we shall spend in each of the three star systems, sir? You can, of course,
be given enough drug to keep you in cold-sleep until we reach your destination."
Bart
felt tempted -- he wanted very much to see the other star systems. But he
couldn't risk meeting other passengers. The
needle went into his arm. In sudden panic, he realized he was helpless. The
ship would touch down on three worlds, and on any of them the Lhari might
have his description, or his alias! He could be taken off, unconscious, and
might never wake up! He tried to move, to protest, but he couldn't. There
was a freezing moment of intense cold and then nothing. . .
The Brass Dragon (1969)
Endless Voyage (1975)/Endless Universe (1979)
The
story of the Explorers--cruelly isolated from the rest of humankind, forever
lumbering between empty frontier planets. A metal ship is their only home,
a crew their only family, their life... an endless voyage.
The Ruins of Isis (1978)
Of
all the worlds of the Galaxy, only the Matriarchy of Isis / Cinderella has
returned to an ancient social order. It is an Isis that women rule, their
control total and unbending. On Isis men are regarded as dangerous animals
or, at best, as sexual playthings. ------- And on Isis exists the great enigmna
of the known universe, the Builder Ruins - last remnant of an unknown, ancient
culture. -------- Within those strange Ruins, something survives - something
which speaks to the women of Isis and to no one else.
Survey Ship (1980)
Six
of Earth's finest young people, perfect in mind and body, have been trained
from the cradle for one task - to brave the infinite dangers of space, to
find new homes for Man. But once alone in the pitiless universe, they are
betrayed by their ship and plagued by space hazards; their voyage becomes
a grim test of survival. To survive they must tame their wild talents. To
survive, they must turn their training into skill, with no margin for error.
To survive, they must conquer their fears, longings and nightmares. They
must become a team. Or they die.
The House Between
the Worlds (1980)
Fenton
was only a 'tweenman, without body or shadow; his body lay back in the laboratory
where Dr. Garnock was experimenting with a new drug. Yet Fenton was in the
fairy world of the Alfar, helplessly watching the Faerie Queen of the Alfar
attacked and captured by the hideous, goblinlike ironfolk. And he was fading,
irresistibly being drawn back to his body. He had to return to save the Faerie
Queen - and to save his own world from the ironfolk. But not even Sally Lobeck
would believe him. Garnock refused him more drug and confiscated the talisman
that would have let him return in his body as a worldwalker, free to move
through the Gateways between worlds. His only hope lay in finding the mysterious
House between the Worlds. But the House could only be found when and where
it wanted. And apparently, it didn't want Fenton to find it!
Night's Daughter
(1985)
Since
time immemorial, when the Serpent-lord coupled in the Great Rite with the
Priestess of the Night, the Kingdoms of Light and Dark, of Sun and of Moon
have been at war. Now Pamina, daughter of the Starqueen, supreme symbol of
the Night, and of Sarastro, King of the Royal House of the Sun, has to choose
which of her parents she will follow, in custom and in principle. And together
with her lover, the princely Tamino, she must face her Ordeal at the Court
of Wisdom, Ordeals of Earth and Air, of Fire and Water, from which none can
flinch and none can escape.
Warrior Woman
(1985)
They
called her Zadieyek of Gyre, which meant "dreaded woman". She was a fighter,
dangerous to confront. The distant city of Gyre trained such women, so they
thought she came from there. If she had a real name and a true birthplace,
she could not remember them.
The Firebrand
(1987)
Reimagining
of the story of the Trojan War--retelling it from the point of view of Kassandra,
the beautiful and tormeneted royal princess of Troy.
Tiger Burning
Bright (1995) with Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey
The
House of the Tiger has skillfully ruled Merina in times of peace. But now
the indomitable armies of the Emperor Balthasar stand poised to crush the
vulnerable city/state. And in the enemy's midst is the gray mage Apolon -
foul necromancer who serves the Dreadful Dark. and whose mission it is to
satisfy his Master's terrible hungers with living souls, the Heart of a Goddess,
and the blood of a Princess.For Adele, aging Dowager Queen; for ruling Queen
Lydana; and for Princess Shelyra, lithe, impetuous, ingenious Designated
Daughter, the battle seems hopeless - for they possess no defense, save for
their wiles and weapons of the spirit. But the Tiger is a cunniing beast,
not to be underestimated. And when cornered, she bares her teeth, and strikes.
The Dark Intruder
& Other Stories (1964) Introduction (The Dark
Intruder & Other Stories) Jackie Sees a Star The Crime Therapist
The Dark Intruder The Stars Are Waiting Exiles of Tomorrow
Death Between
the Stars Black and White Falcons of Narabedla (1964)
stories contained in The Dark Intruder
and Other stories, plus the novel "Falcons of Narabedla" The Best of Marion Zimmer
Bradley (1985) Centaurus Changeling The Climbing Wave Exiles of Tomorrow Death Between the
Stars Bird of Prey The Wind People The Wild One Treason of the Blood The Day of the Butterflies Hero’s Moon The Engine The Secret of the
Blue Star To Keep the Oath Elbow Room Blood Will Tell Additional Cover Art
Marion Zimmer was born in Albany, NY, on June 3, 1930, and married Robert
Alden Bradley in 1949. Mrs. Bradley received her B.A. in 1964 from Hardin
Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, then did graduate work at the University
of California, Berkeley, from 1965-67.
