A Flame in Hali is a fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 novel written by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series. Many critics have noted a feminist perspective in her writing. Her first child, David R...

 and Deborah J. Ross

Deborah J. Ross

Deborah J. Ross , once Deborah Wheeler, is an American published science fiction and fantasy author.- Biography :Ross was born in April 1947 and grew up in California. She has always told stories, even as a very young child. Ross attended Portland State University, graduating in 1973...

 as part of the Darkover series

Darkover series

The Darkover series consists of several novels and short stories set in the fictional world of Darkover as created by science fiction author Marion Zimmer Bradley.-Darkover chronology:...

 and is set in the "Hundred Kingdoms" time period. This book is also part three of the Clingfire Trilogy.

Plot summary

A Flame in Hali is set in Darkover

Darkover

Darkover is the focus of the Darkover series of science fiction novels and short stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley and others published since 1958. According to the novels, Darkover is the only human-habitable of seven planets orbiting a fictional red giant star called Cottman...

's "Hundred Kingdoms" era. 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

Zandru's Forge

Zandru's Forge is a fantasy novel written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross as part of the Darkover series and is set in the "Hundred Kingdoms" time period. This book is also part two of the Clingfire Trilogy.- Setting :...

. It overlaps with Two to Conquer

Two To Conquer

Two To Conquer is a fantasy novel written by Marion Zimmer Bradley as part of the Darkover series and is set in the Hundred Kingdoms time period.- Setting of Two To Conquer :...

as it mentions the Kilghard Wolf and Varzil's visit in Asturias.

Characters

• Eduin MacEarn, youngest son of Rumail Deslucido, seeking revenge against the Hasturs and Varzil Ridenow
• Saravio, laranzu, was thrown out of Cedestri tower because he didn't agree to the Compact, and because his abilities violated a laranzu's promise not to alter an unwilling mind.
• Varzil Ridenow (aka Varzil the Good), one of the most powerful laranzu'in of his time,
• Dyannis Ridenow, sister of Varzil, leronis, trains to be a keeper

Chapters

• Prologue
• Book I: Chapter 1-5
• Book II: Chapter 6-13
• Book III: Chapter 14-23
• Book IV: Chapter 24-33
• Book V: Chapter 34-45
• Epilogue

Publication history

• 2004, USA, DAW Books
  DAW Books
  DAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company therefore claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy." The first DAW Book published was...
  
   ISBN 0-7564-0218-2, Pub date August 2004, Hardback
• 2004, USA, Science Fiction Book Club #1170919, Pub date October 2004, Hardback
• 2005, USA, DAW Books
  DAW Books
  DAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company therefore claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy." The first DAW Book published was...
  
  ISBN 0-7564-0267-0, Pub date June 2005, Paperback