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A Flame in Hali Mass Market Paperback – June 7, 2005

by Marion Zimmer Bradley (Author), Deborah J. Ross (Author)
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In the era of The Hundred Kingdoms, a time of war and unrest, King Carolin of Hastur and his friend Keeper Varzil Ridenow work selflessly to put an end to the destruction caused by the long range weapons of the magical matrix Towers. But Eduin Deslucido-who once called Carolin brother-has been consumed with a vengeful rage, and will stop at nothing to destroy the king and his plan for peace.
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Ross has fleshed out Bradley's encyclopedic vision of the Darkovian Dark Ages into a competent, fast-paced narrative. -- Publishers Weekly

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Marion Zimmer was born in Albany, NY, on June 3, 1930, and married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. Mrs. Bradley received her B.A. in 1964 from Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, then did graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1965-67.

She was a science fiction/fantasy fan from her middle teens, and made her first sale as an adjunct to an amateur fiction contest in Fantastic/Amazing Stories in 1949. She had written as long as she could remember, but wrote only for school magazines and fanzines until 1952, when she sold her first professional short story to Vortex Science Fiction. She wrote everything from science fiction to Gothics, but is probably best known for her Darkover novels.

In addition to her novels, Mrs. Bradley edited many magazines, amateur and professional, including Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, which she started in 1988. She also edited an annual anthology called Sword and Sorceress for DAW Books.

Over the years she turned more to fantasy; The House Between the Worlds, although a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club, was "fantasy undiluted". She wrote a novel of the women in the Arthurian legends -- Morgan Le Fay, the Lady of the Lake, and others -- entitled Mists of Avalon, which made the NY Times best seller list both in hardcover and trade paperback, and she also wrote The Firebrand, a novel about the women of the Trojan War. Her historical fantasy novels, The Forest House, Lady of Avalon, Mists of Avalon are prequels to Priestess of Avalon

She died in Berkeley, California on September 25, 1999, four days after suffering a major heart attack. She was survived by her brother, Leslie Zimmer; her sons, David Bradley and Patrick Breen; her daughter, Moira Stern; and her grandchildren.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0756402670
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DAW; Reprint edition (June 7, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 560 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780756402679
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0756402679
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.2 x 1.46 x 6.78 inches
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    Marion Zimmer was born in Albany, NY, on June 3, 1930, and married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. Mrs. Bradley received her B.A. in 1964 from Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, then did graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1965-67.

    She was a science fiction/fantasy fan from her middle teens, but wrote only for school magazines and fanzines until 1952, when she sold her first professional short story to VORTEX SCIENCE FICTION. She wrote everything from science fiction to Gothics, but is probably best known for her Darkover novels.

    In addition to her novels, Mrs. Bradley edited many magazines, amateur and professional, including Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine, which she started in 1988. She also edited an annual anthology called SWORD AND SORCERESS for DAW Books.

    Over the years she turned more to fantasy; THE HOUSE BETWEEN THE WORLDS was "fantasy undiluted." She wrote a best-selling novel of the women in the Arthurian legends--Morgan Le Fay, the Lady of the Lake, and others--entitled MISTS OF AVALON, and she also wrote THE FIREBRAND, a novel about the women of the Trojan War. Her historical fantasy novels, THE FOREST HOUSE and LADY OF AVALON are prequels to MISTS OF AVALON.

    She died in Berkeley, California on September 25, 1999, four days after suffering a major heart attack. She was survived by her brother, Leslie Zimmer; her sons, David Bradley and Mark Greyland; her daughter, Moira Greyland; and her grandchildren.

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    Deborah J. Ross is an award-nominated writer of fantasy and science fiction, with over a dozen novels and five dozen short stories in print. Recent releases include The Laran Gambit and The Children of Kings (with Marion Zimmer Bradley); Collaborators (Lambda Literary Finalist/James Tiptree Jr. Award recommended list), A Heat Wave in the Hellers and Other Tales of Darkover, and The Seven-Petaled Shield epic fantasy trilogy. Her short fiction has appeared in F & SF, Asimov's, Star Wars: Tales From Jabba's Palace, Realms of Fantasy, and Sword & Sorceress. She’s edited the Lace and Blade series, Stars of Darkover (and other Darkover anthologies), and other anthologies and novels. Her work has earned Honorable Mention in Year's Best SF, and nominations for Gaylactic Spectrum Award, the National Fantasy Federation Speculative Fiction Award for Best Author, and inclusion in the Locus Recommended Reading and Kirkus notable new release lists. When she's not writing, she knits for charity, plays classical piano, and dances in the redwoods.

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S. Montrois
5.0 out of 5 stars Marion Zimmer Bradley
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2006
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I have fallen in Love with MZB a while ago and have enjoyed reading her books

I now have the whole darkover series by her and will never give these books away! Personally I think they are the best sci fi books out there! You can read one and still know whats going on or you can read them all and get a sense of the whole Darkover World and how it all plays out!

I have not felt so close to characters in a long time and feel I am right there with them as I read about their adventures, troubles, pains, and loves!

Now all I have to do is buy the anthologies to give me more stories and insights on the characters and about the whole world of Darkover!

Her Avalon Series is one of the best too! She has added more truth than fiction to these stories so you feel that you are a part of the past as you read them
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Queen Talk Talk
5.0 out of 5 stars A life long journey of revenge.
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What makes a person good or evil? To what extent is an enslaved person responsible for their actions? The Gods are what we make of them. All we can do is make our deaths meaningful.
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Patrick Shepherd
4.0 out of 5 stars Compulsion and Free Will
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Truly conflicted characters are somewhat rare in the world of science fiction and fantasy. Eduin Deslucido is such a character, the centerpiece of this trilogy. Saddled with an impossible compulsion by his father to revenge his family by killing all the Hasturs, Eduin, whose basic nature is actually that of a responsible, caring, and loving man, finds himself allied with a wild laran talent in the body of Saravio, both for the surcease from the agony his compulsion causes and as a tool to further his plans for eliminating Carolin Hastur and Varzil Ridenow, whom Eduin sees as the man responsible for keeping Carolin in power.

Eduin concocts a couple of schemes to bring Varzil into an undefended position, but when it comes to actually accomplishing his goal, Eduin is shown to be a man of extreme determination and, somewhat as a surprise even to himself, a man of ideals that are diametrically opposed to the mindless revenge desired by his father. His one and only former love, Dyannis, Varzil's sister, in training as a Keeper (at a time when female Keepers were thought impossible - a nice irony to modern Darkover when the exact reverse is thought to be true), becomes an intriguing character in her own right as she struggles to discipline her own talents and, after seeing the consequences of unrestricted laran warfare, a strong supporter of Varzil's Compact to ban the use of such weapons.

The characterization of Eduin and Dyannis is excellent and is the major driver of this book. These characters have more depth than is typical for most fantasy, and their inner turmoil is believable and leads directly to much of the action. However, the plot is, compared to other Darkover books, perhaps a little weak and certain elements of the end situation feel like they were pulled out of the hat, not fully melded with the rest of the story. Although this detracts from the overall power of the book, this failing is not major.

Thematically, this book continues those themes that have shown up in many of the Darkover stories: the right to self-determination, especially for women; personal integrity; the madness of war; sacrifice of the individual to further a larger goal for all. The final scene of this book does much to make the reader understand just how the Compact came to be accepted and adhered to throughout the centuries between this book's time and modern Darkover, and closes the Clingfire trilogy nicely. The nations of today could do far worse than subscribe to a similar Compact; perhaps if they did everyone could have a sounder sleep.

---Reviewed by Patrick Shepherd (hyperpat)
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schristy
5.0 out of 5 stars A saga ends!
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2018
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This story ties together the past of Darkover from the days of chaos to the growth of the Towers and the Compact. It continues the telling of how the cultural development of Darkover and it's impact on the Comyn and the rulers of this world. It answers many questions that I had and very satisfactorily pieced them all together.
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elton taft
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Darkover Novel
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020
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Our Past our Future; let us learn from the past! Lest we repeat it in our future. Blessings Always Namaste.
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Colleen G. Bailey
5.0 out of 5 stars Book 3 of the Clingfire Trilogy was excellent - filled in some of the gaps I wondered ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2018
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Book 3 of the Clingfire Trilogy was excellent - filled in some of the gaps I wondered about when I first started my journey through Marion's glorious world of Darkover!
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Rylia Chell
3.0 out of 5 stars Good story, poor quality printing.
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2019
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Seller sent item in a timely fashion, item is as described. Enjoying the story very much. Some pages were printed with less ink, and are difficult to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2018
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The Clingfire Trilogy is an absolutely fantastic read! I look forward to finding other Darkover books and reading them. The story was so gripping that I couldn’t stop reading.
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Gerda Ryder
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on December 4, 2017
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wonderful series
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Lourival Salles Filho
5.0 out of 5 stars Darkover
Reviewed in Brazil on October 3, 2016
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Excelente livro da série Darkover, o terceiro da trilogia Clingfire. A série Darkover é uma das melhores da ficção científica em todos os tempos: recomendo a todos os que curtem ficção científica.
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N F Beeden
5.0 out of 5 stars A good one for Darkover Fans who need the Backstories completing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2016
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As a fan of the darkover Saga I would give it sound recomendation to other fans. The Originals by MZB left a lot of questions and huge gaps in time as wel as backstory. This may have been by design to keep her stories independant or there may have been other reasons. Since her Death in 1999 other Authors have carried on the saga of Darkover in a much more consistent manner which makes them more suited to modern audiences. This story is set in the period that was previously considered "Forgotten/Half-Legendary", The Ages of Chaos/ The Hundred Kingdoms.
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gianni
5.0 out of 5 stars Libro in lingua inglese. Formato piccolo.
Reviewed in Italy on August 24, 2020
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Caratteri di stampa piccoli. Buona qualità.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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