The World Wreckers, Marion Zimmer Bradley
The World Wreckers, Marion Zimmer Bradley
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The World Wreckers

Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Unabridged: 8 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/15/2017


Synopsis

Planetary Investments Unlimited—that was the company’s official name, but unofficially it was known as Worldwreckers, Inc. For a fee, its agent would infiltrate any world unwilling to give up its independence, and do enough damage that the natives would be forced to allow Terran investors to step in and salvage their planet. And now, once again, its agents were at work. In the 78 years since the planet Cottman IV—called Darkover by its natives—was rediscovered by the Terran Empire, all efforts to colonize and industrialize this exotic world had failed. And the person in charge of Worldwreckers, Inc.—a centuries-old being who appeared to be a woman—had decided to take on this particular assignment herself. After all, she had special insight into this world, for long ago—lifetimes ago—she had called Darkover home. … 

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 Ken

I've been reading Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover novels in order of publication, and if you've seen my fairly negative reviews of the last few, you may be wondering why I keep reading them. Well, before The World Wreckers, Marion Zimmer Bradley was wondering why she kept writing them. They hadn't......more

Goodreads review by Chuck

Continuing my Marmion Zimmer Bradley kick. She, by the way, created the0s world of Darkover while living in Abilene, Texas, a place where I also lived for 15 years. She is reputed to have maintained that living in Abilene was enough to make nearly anyone make up a preferable world to live in. This i......more