Hawkmistress!
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Hawkmistress! is a fantasy novel written by Marion Zimmer Bradley as part of the Darkover series and is set in the "Hundred Kingdoms" time period.
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Hawkmistress! (A book in the Darkover series) |
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| Genre | Fantasy |
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| Series | Darkover |
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| Publication date | 1982 |
| LCC | ~ |
| ISBN(s) |
ISBN 0-87997-762-0 |
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
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[edit] Setting of Hawkmistress!
Main article: Darkover
Hawkmistress is set in Darkover's "Hundred Kingdoms" era. It is an era blurred in with the Ages of Chaos at the tail end. Breeding programs are no more, but wars are still fought with terrible Laran weapons.
[edit] Characters in Hawkmistress!
Main article: Characters in Darkover
- Romilly MacAran: The main character of the novel. At age 15, she runs away from home disguised as a boy to avoid an arranged marriage to Dom Garris of Scathfell. In her coming of age, she discovers latent psychic powers, befriends a king and saves an empire.
- Dom Carlo / King Carolin: Exiled king of the Hasturs of Hali.
- Lord Orain of Castamir: King Carolin's paxman and a "lover of men".
[edit] Chapters of Hawkmistress!
- Book One: Falconsward, in the Kilghard Hills (Chapters 1-5)
- Book Two: The Fugitive (Chapters 1-5)
- Book Three: Swordswoman (Chapters 1-9)
