Hawkmistress!
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Hawkmistress! is a fantasy
novel written by Marion Zimmer Bradley
as part of the Darkover series
and is set in the "Hundred Kingdoms" time period.
Hawkmistress 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.
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
novel written by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series. Many critics have noted a feminist perspective in her writing. Her first child, David R...
as part of the Darkover series
Darkover series
The Darkover series consists of several novels and short stories set in the fictional world of Darkover as created by science fiction author Marion Zimmer Bradley.-Darkover chronology:...
and is set in the "Hundred Kingdoms" time period.
Setting of Hawkmistress!
Main article: DarkoverDarkover
Darkover is the focus of the Darkover series of science fiction novels and short stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley and others published since 1958. According to the novels, Darkover is the only human-habitable of seven planets orbiting a fictional red giant star called Cottman...
Hawkmistress is set in Darkover
Darkover
Darkover is the focus of the Darkover series of science fiction novels and short stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley and others published since 1958. According to the novels, Darkover is the only human-habitable of seven planets orbiting a fictional red giant star called Cottman...
'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.
Characters in Hawkmistress!
Main article: Characters in Darkover- Romilly MacAran: The main character of the novel. At age 15, she runs away from home disguised as a boy to avoid an arranged marriage to Dom Garris of Scathfell. In her coming of ageComing of ageComing of age is a young person's transition from childhood to adulthood. The age at which this transition takes place varies in society, as does the nature of the transition. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual, as practiced by many societies...
, she discovers latent psychic powers, befriends a king and saves an empire. - Dom Carlo / King Carolin: Exiled king of the Hasturs of Hali.
- Lord Orain of Castamir: King Carolin's paxman and a "lover of men".
Chapters of Hawkmistress!
- Book One: Falconsward, in the Kilghard Hills (Chapters 1-5)
- Book Two: The Fugitive (Chapters 1-5)
- Book Three: Swordswoman (Chapters 1-9)
Publication history
- 1982, USA, DAW BooksDAW BooksDAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company therefore claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy." The first DAW Book published was...
ISBN 0-87997-762-0, Pub date September 1982, Paperback - 1985, UK, Arrow Books ISBN 0-09-934990-6, Pub date 1985, Paperback
- 1988, UK, Severn House ISBN 0-7278-1607-1, Pub date June 1988, Hardcover