The Fall of Neskaya 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 one of the Clingfire Trilogy.

Setting

The Fall of Neskaya 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.

Damian Deslucido wants to unify Darkover under his rule. He is supported by his nedestro brother Rumail, a powerful but ruthless laranzu. King Rafael Hastur II tries to restrict the use of laran weapons and establish the Comyn council in order to bring the warring factions of Darkover together. When he learns that the Deslucidos have the gift of lying under truthspell, he is forced to stop them, otherwise the basis for cooperation in the Comyn council would be lost.

Characters

• Coryn Leynier, third son of Lord Beltran Leynier of Verdanta, laranzu
• Taniquel Hastur-Acosta, niece of King Rafael Hastur II
• Damian Deslucido, king of Ambervale-Linn
• Rumail Deslucido, nedestro brother of Damian Deslucido, laranzu, dismissed from Neskaya Tower
• Belisar Deslucido, son of Damian Deslucido
• Rafael Hastur, king of Hastur

Chapters

• Book I: Chapter 1-12
• Book II: Chapter 13-24
• Book III: Chapter 25-32
• Book IV: Chapter 33-39
• Book V: Chapter 40-44
• Epilogue

Publication history

• 2001, 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 0-7564-0034-1, Pub date July 2001, Hardback
• 2001, USA, Science Fiction Book Club #39176, Pub date September 2001, Hardcover
• 2002, 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 0-7564-0053-8, Pub date July 2002, Paperback