Book description
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.
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930 - 1999) Marion Zimmer was born on a farm in
Albany, New York, in 1930, and married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. She
received a B. A. from Hardin Simmons University, Texas, and did
post-graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, during
which time she helped found the Society for Creative Anachronism. She
sold her first story in 1952 and was a writer of note for over four
decades. Bradley is best known for two signature series: the 'Darkover'
science fantasy series and her Arthurian masterpiece, The Mists of
Avalon and its sequels. She also edited anthologies for 14 years and
published Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, which ran for 50
quarterly issues between 1988 and the end of 2000. Marion Zimmer Bradley
died in Berkeley, California, on September 25, 1999, four days after
suffering a major heart attack.
