Tuesday, March 11, 2008

The Shattered Chain by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Mortification Scale: 3 Tomato Faces

          • 1 TF for SciFi/Fantasy
          • 2nd and 3rd TF for seriously embarrassing cover
          • 4th TF not given because it is MZB!
Mitigating Features:
          • 1st book in a series of three books within the Darkover series that examines the role of women in society
          • Fantastic details - an entire world that the reader is dropped into
          • Thought provoking dissertation of societal ills
Synopsis:

Margali was raised on Darkover, but was born a Terran. She is forever caught between two worlds never feeling at home in either. When her ex-husband/childhood friend, Peter, is kidnapped by bandits, Margali goes in search of him, setting off a chain of events that will end up resolving her internal conflict. Rather than being part of one or the other, she will be a bridge between her two worlds. Of course, all of this is realized over the course of an exciting adventure into the mountains and off to the Ardais Domaine for Midwinter; through the swearing of the Oath of the Renunciates and the beginning of the realization of what sisterhood really means.

Excellent! I highly recommend this trilogy to anyone with any interest in gender studies or anyone looking for a good read.

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