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The Bloody Sun
Written by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Narrated by Jonathan Davis
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For Jeff Kerwin, Darkover meant home, the home he had left as a child, the home he had longed for through the many years. Yet, he was to be terribly disappointed when he finally returned. First he learned that there were not records of any kind of either his birth or childhood on Darkover. And then, after he renounced his Terran allegiance and joined the natives attempting to free Darkover from Earth's control, the Darkovans accused him of being a spy. Someone was betraying them. Had Jeff been conditioned on Earth for just that purpose? Jeff Kerwin began to wonder just who, and what, he really was.
Author
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Zimmer Bradley is the creator of the popular Darkover universe, as well as the critically acclaimed author of the bestselling ‘The Mists of Avalon’ and its sequel, ‘The Forest House’. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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Reviews for The Bloody Sun
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm a fan of Marion Zimmer Bradley, but my affection for her rests not on the Avalon books, which I didn't care for, but her Darkover series. Darkover is a "lost colony" of Earth that falls into a medieval society. Ruled by a psychic aristocracy, it is later rediscovered by a star-spanning high-tech human federation after centuries, giving the series a feel of both science fiction and fantasy. Most books in the series examine this culture clash and this book is no exception as it focuses on a Terran, Jeff Kerwin, returning to Darkover only to discover it's very much part of his heritage. The series as a whole features strong female characters, but it has enough swashbuckling adventure to draw the male of the species, and indeed this series was recommended to me by a guy (when we were in high school!)Although some books are loosely connected, having characters in common, they were written to be read independently and were written out of sequence. This makes it difficult without a guide to know what story to start with, as MZB really didn't come into her own as a writer until the mid-seventies, and books published before that are among the weaker in the series. This book, although originally published early on in 1964, was however, later expanded and extensively rewritten in 1979. Make sure you get that later edition. If you do, than this makes a good entry point into a captivating series.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Just want to say that the first chapter (not the prologue) is the best opening I have ever read. The book itself isn't perfect, but that first chapter makes it worth reading all by itself.