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The Shadow Matrix

Marion Zimmer Bradley;Adrienne Martine-Barnes (1997)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesDarkover #22
Setting
CSM age16

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentMild
LanguageNone

Hero archetypes

RegentForbidden Love

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Synopsis

After spending her youth in the Terran Empire, Margaret Alton returns to Darkover, the planet of her birth. There she discovers she has the Alton Gift--forced rapport and compulsion--one of the strongest and most dangerous of the inherited "Laran" gifts of the telepathic Comyn--the ruling families of Darkover. And even as she struggles to control her newfound powers, Margaret finds herself falling in love with the Regent to the royal Elhalyn Domain, a man she has been forbidden to marry, for their alliance would irrevocably alter the power balance of their planet!

Tags

Planetary RomanceTelepathic FantasyPolitical FantasyScience Fantasy