Two to Conquer

Two to Conquer is a thrillingly martial adventure about a medieval warrior's rise & fall & rise again during an era of perpetual upheaval and war on the planet Darkover. it is also a hyperventilating psychosexual case study of a deluded rapist who uses his psychic powers to control the bodies of wom......more

Bard di Asturien, neveu du roi, espère épouser la fille de ce dernier. Sa nature violente le pousse cependant à commettre un meurtre et il se voit exilé sous peine de mort. Lors de son retour après le décès du roi, une guerre civile se profile pour l'obtention du trône. Premier contact avec une autre......more

Continuing my Bradley kick. This is a much superior novel to the first two I reviewed. It's set prior to the Winds of Darkover and the Planet Wreckers. It's pretty early chronologically in Darkover's "history," although a more recent in terms of when it was written. It's well before "recontact," when......more

In my ongoing quest to reread books that I enjoyed in my childhood, I bring you, Marion Zimmer Bradley. No one can question Ms. Bradley's willingness to deliver a moral lesson with the action, and when younger, those broad strokes seemed subtle to me. I still appreciate them, and the worldbuilding of......more

I remembered vaguely this history from my past reading. I remember they were able to have a human on Darkover before the rediscovery. I didn't remember anything more. I loved this book. I know that Bard was a bad man. And Paul was no better than his doppelganger. But they story is really good and it......more