The Spell Sword

An Earthman, Andrew Carr, crash lands on an alien planet while pursuing a girl he has only seen in his dreams. After the crash, Andrew stumbles through a blizzard, but the girl guides him along, appearing to him as a ghostly apparition like Obi Wan Kenobi on the planet Hoth. With her help, he makes......more

A fairly short book about the coming to the feudal-style planet Darkover of Andrew Carr, a Terran who has been rootless since leaving Earth. The story is told in alternating viewpoints to begin with, as we switch between Andrew and a Darkovan nobleman, Damon Ridenow. At a fortune teller’s stall, Andr......more

This story was the 11th book in chronological and 8th book in publication order but the Terrans and Natives of Darkover are still strangers in many ways. Andrew Carr, a Terran, finds himself the only person alive in a crash of the mapping ship in the Hellers. He seems to keep seeing this “ghost woma......more

Andrew Carr a eu une vision de la belle Callista sur Ténébreuse, l'ayant décidé à rester sur cette planète. Suite à un crash d'avion, il découvrira que Callista est prisonnière des hommes-chats. Eh bien... Un 2,5 probablement mais ramené plutôt sur le 2 pour sanctionner le vide du roman. Ce nouveau cy......more

Esploro sempre con piacere il mondo di Darkover. Anche quando la storia non regge perfettamente come avviene in questo libro, la scrittura di MZB cattura e affascina. Ogni lettura del ciclo è come il pezzettino di un puzzle che si aggiunge al disegno generale. Nell'incontro tra darkoviani e terrestr......more