The Alton Gift, Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Alton Gift, Marion Zimmer Bradley
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The Alton Gift

Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Deborah J. Ross

Narrator: Max Bellmore

Unabridged: 16 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/20/2021

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

The long-awaited continuation to Marion Zimmer Bradley’s popular science fiction Darkover saga After generations of struggle to protect the unique native culture of Darkover from the ambitions of the ruthless Terran Federation, the Terrans have finally been forced to abandon Darkover due to interstellar civil war.
As Lew Alton—returned home to the world of his birth after decades spent in exile as the Darkovan representative to the Terran Senate—wrestles with the dark shadows from his past, his daughter Marguerida’s psychic Gifts warn her of impending danger. But danger to whom? Her husband, Mikhail, as powerful head of the Hastur Doman, is her most obvious worry, for many would stand to gain from his demise.
Meanwhile, unknown to Marguerida, her son, Domenic, searches for his place in a world of shifting loyalties, torn by love for two very different women, and troubled by his destiny as the heir to Hastur.
But while Darkover’s powerful rulers face their personal demons, desperate refugees flood the streets of Thendara, Darkover’s capital city, for in the mountains an ancient menace is once again on the rise—a power against which neither sword nor the psychic sorcery of Darkover can prevail.

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 Laura on January 03, 2015

I love the series, and it hasn't really suffered with MZB's death but... why do none of the books cover the time between Landfall and the Ages of Chaos? I'd love to know how Nevarsin got settled, ditto the Dry Towns (who were the original inhabitants from the Landfall days?). Where did the mythology......more

Goodreads review by Chuck on December 29, 2009

Another of the books Marion Zimmer Bradley plotted with Deborah J. Ross ere she died. I have to say that I really like the way Ross has kept Darkover "alive" and am getting over the fact that she doesn't write the way Bradley did. She doesn't much write action scenes, which is OK because she doesn't......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne on December 03, 2015

Lots of things resolved, including a strong basis to grow into the future. Terranan still lurking but now Darkover seems poised to deal with them when it happens. Lots of icky things resolved--damned Francisco Ridenow, the petulant brat Alanna, the Altona Gift, and even Domenic has navigated adolesc......more

Goodreads review by Amy on June 03, 2008

I thought I remembered liking this world & these characters, but this addition betrayed my memories. It was one of those books that you wish the characters were physical, and here, just so you could slap them up-side the head for stupidity.......more

Goodreads review by Jack on February 16, 2021

This Darkover book tells a complete story and could stand alone. However, it builds on many events and characters of previous books including, but not limited to, Heritage of Hastur, Exile's Song, Shadow Matirx, and Traitor's Sun. Since the synopsis on this website, presumably given by the publisher,......more