Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover is a collection of fantasy and science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 short stories

Short Stories

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 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...

. The stories are set in Bradley's world of 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...

. The book was first published by 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...

 (No. 929) in October, 1993.

The stories are divided into four sections, each preceded by a brief overview of Bradley's thoughts on that category's main subject(s). Some of the stories were previously unpublished, notably the "Hilary" stories that had been intended as drafts for a proposed novel about the character Hilary Castamir. Other stories in this collection originally appeared in previous Darkover anthologies edited by Bradley, although not all of her previous anthology contributions are reprinted here.

Contents

• Introduction
• "Free Amazons"
  • "To Keep the Oath"
  • "Amazon Fragment" (from the first draft of Thendara House
    Thendara House
    Thendara House is a fantasy science fiction novel novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley in her Darkover book series and is a sequel to The Shattered Chain. It was originally published by DAW Books in 1983.-Plot introduction:...
    
    )
  • "House Rules"
  • "Knives"
• "Hilary"
  • "Firetrap", with Elisabeth Waters
    Elisabeth Waters
    Elisabeth Waters is an American fantasy author.She won the Gryphon award in 1989 for her first novel Changing Fate. Since then, she has published a large number of short stories, some in the anthology series Sword and Sorceress, which she now edits....
    
    
  • "The Keeper’s Price, with Elisabeth Waters
    Elisabeth Waters
    Elisabeth Waters is an American fantasy author.She won the Gryphon award in 1989 for her first novel Changing Fate. Since then, she has published a large number of short stories, some in the anthology series Sword and Sorceress, which she now edits....
    
    
  • "The Lesson of the Inn"
  • "Hilary’s Homecoming"
  • "Hilary’s Wedding"
• "Rohana"
  • "Everything but Freedom"
• "Dyan Ardais"
  • "Oathbreaker"
  • "The Hawk-Master’s Son"
  • "Man of Impulse"
  • "The Shadow"