Planet Savers / Sword of Aldones

Name: Planet Savers / Sword of Aldones
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
ISBN: 9781470325053

Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley

Series: Darkover #19

Narrator: Andrew Garman

Unabridged: 9 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/15/2017

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The Planet Savers The first book in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover series, The Planet Savers introduces readers to the world of Darkover. Darkover is plagued with a disease called trailman’s fever, but Dr. Randall Forth has a plan. He sends a man with two distinct and warring personalities, Jay and Jason, out on an expedition to find a cure. The Sword of Aldones In the wake of the Sharra Rebellion, Lew Alton returns to Darkover and discovers the Sharra Matrix is still intact. Lew and his friends race to find the Matrix and destroy it, but for that, they’ll need the Sword of Aldones. The Sword and the Matrix are both wrapped up in secrets and riddles, and while both sides vie for possession of the weapons, betrayals mount. An exclusive two-volume audio edition

About Marion Zimmer Bradley

Bestselling author Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) wrote The Mists of Avalon, The Forest House, Lady of Avalon, and The Firebrand, as well as the immensely popular Darkover series and numerous other science fiction and fantasy works. In 2000, she was posthumously awarded the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by mark

there is a marvelously entertaining short story that is contained within Planet Savers: a mission into the dangerous wilderness of an alien world to beg for help from the enigmatic, arboreal "Trailsmen" in combating a deadly epidemic. this story has a sociopathic doctor of parasitology whose revolti......more

Goodreads review by Scott

This was pretty ok! It was short and competent, if not the MOST good. Could've used a little less 60's and a little more Making Sense. Kinda felt like there was too much time spent on non-essential plot (crossing a river) at the expense of essential plot (weird split personality stuff.) If you've on......more

Goodreads review by Amy

Reading The Colors of Space made me immediately want to read something else by Marion Zimmer Bradley. In reading about her, I found myself intrigued by her "Darkover" series of which I kept finding mention. In researching it, it turns out to be an ever-expanding tree of books, stories, and fan ficti......more

Goodreads review by prcardi

Storyline: 2/5 Characters: 2/5 Writing Style: 3/5 World: 2/5 Talent shines through what is otherwise a very constrained novella. Bradley clearly is capable, but the 1950s magazine issue from which this was originally issued was not. The author knows the elements of a good story but also the trapping whi......more

Goodreads review by Saturn

Il primo libro in ordine di pubblicazione della saga di Darkover non mi ha entusiasmato; mi è parso una bozza di quello che si dipanerà negli altri libri. È un testo breve che non si focalizza su nessun aspetto particolare del mondo di Darkover. Non spiacevole, però mi ha dato la sensazione del comp......more