Zandru's Forge
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Zandru's Forge is a fantasy novel written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross as part of the Darkover series and is set in the "Hundred Kingdoms" time period. This book is also part two of the Clingfire Trilogy.
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Zandru's Forge (A book in the Darkover series) |
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| Genre | Fantasy |
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| Series | Darkover |
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| Publication date | 2003 |
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[edit] Setting
Main article: Darkover
Zandru's Forge is set in Darkover's "Hundred Kingdoms" era. It is an era blurred in with the Ages of Chaos at the tail end. Breeding programs are no more, but wars are still fought with terrible Laran weapons. The events in this book start about 20 years after the end of The Fall of Neskaya. One part of it overlaps with Hawkmistress! as it contains Carolin Hasturs exile and the part where Romilly McAran joins his band. It also describes the early life of Varzil Ridenow (aka Varzil the Good) so events take place before Two To Conquer.
Rumail Deslucido has survived and with him his hatred for the Hastur clan which he instills in all his sons. His youngest son Eduin MacEarn enters Arilinn and tries to gain the friendship of Carolin Hastur, the nephew and heir to King Felix, in order to kill Carolin. But Carolin makes friends with Varzil Ridenow and together they share the dream to ban all laran weapons from Darkover when Carolin is king and Varzil a keeper. But when King Felix dies, Carolin's cousin Rakhal declares himself as king and outlaws Carolin. Meanwhile Eduin succeeds in killing Felicia Leynier, Varzil's lover and the sole surviving child of Taniquel Hastur-Acosta.
[edit] Characters
Main article: Characters in Darkover
- Carolin Hastur, nephew and heir to the King Felix
- Varzil Ridenow (aka Varzil the Good), younger son of Dom Felix Ridenow, powerful laranzu
- Rahkal Hastur, Carolins cousin and ursurper of the throne
- Eduin MacEarn, youngest son of Rumail Deslucido
- Felicia Leynier, sole child of Taniquel Hastur-Acosta and Coryn Leynier, leronis, trains to be a female keeper
[edit] Chapters
- Prologue
- Book I: Chapter 1-20
- Book II: Chapter 21-30
- Book III: Chapter 31-45
- Book IV: Chapter 46-49
- Epilogue
| Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover books |
| The Founding |
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| Darkover Landfall |
| The Ages of Chaos |
| Stormqueen! | Thunderlord! | The Fall of Neskaya | Zandru's Forge | Hawkmistress! | A Flame in Hali |
| The Hundred Kingdoms |
| Two To Conquer | The Heirs of Hammerfell |
| Recontact |
| Rediscovery | The Shattered Chain | The Spell Sword | The Forbidden Tower | Thendara House | City of Sorcery | Star of Danger | Winds of Darkover |
| After the Comyn |
| The Bloody Sun | The Heritage of Hastur | The Planet Savers | Sharra's Exile | The Reluctant King | The World Wreckers | The Shadow King | Exile's Song The Shadow Matrix | Traitor's Sun | The Alton Gift | The Children of Kings |
| Anthologies |
| The Keeper's Price | Sword of Chaos | Free Amazons of Darkover | Red Sun of Darkover | Four Moons of Darkover Renunciates of Darkover | Leroni of Darkover | Towers of Darkover | Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover | Snows of Darkover |
