Zandru's Forge

Description for ZANDRU'S FORGE by Marion Zimmer Bradley & Deborah J Ross: In Darkover's era of the Hundred Kingdoms, a time of uncontrolled war and lawless disregard for all but the most4 imperialistic of political aims, Neskaya and Tramontana Towers lay in ruins because of the use of dangerously powerful matrix weapons. During this dark time, two young men came to Arilinn Tower. One was only a minor telepath but his education was paramount, for the fate of his family and possibly his entire world would one day rest on his shoulders. He was Carolin Hastur, the heir of Hastur, and he was destined to be king. The other came against his family's will, and only won entrance to Arilinn when he proved to both father and Keeper that his gift was too great to remain untrained. Small and thin, his power lay in the scope and potency of his loran. His name was Varzil Ridenow, and one day he would be the most powerful Keeper on all of Darkover. At Arilinn Tower these two idealistic youn