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Name: Stormqueen!
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley

"Stormqueen!" opens the series set in Darkover’s tumultuous Ages of Chaos. It portrays the first mastery of the matrix, a mental‑physical force that, when misused by ambitious domains, creates powerful aberrations and threatens the planet’s future. The novel explores the era’s political intrigue, genetic experimentation, and the emergence of psychic beings, setting the stage for Darkover’s enduring legends.

First publish date: 1978

Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera

Authors: Marion Zimmer Bradley

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