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The following books are set in the fictional world of '''[[Darkover]]''' and were written, co-authored, edited or started by [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]].
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!Pub.<br>Year !! Title !! Reprint(s) !! Co-Author !! Darkovan Era !! Notes
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| 1958 || ''[[The Planet Savers]]'' || 1962, 1995, 2004 as part of ''To Save a World'' omnibus ||  || {{nowrap|Against the Terrans}} <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' ||
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| 1962 || ''{{nowrap|[[The Sword of Aldones]]}}'' || see ''Sharra's Exile'' ||  || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || Re-written in 1981 and incorporated into ''Sharra's Exile''
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| 1964 || ''[[The Bloody Sun]]'' || Rewritten in 1979, 2003 as part of ''A World Divided'' omnibus ||  || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || Book #3 of ''Spell Sword/Forbidden Tower/Bloody Sun'' series
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| 1965 || ''[[Star of Danger]]'' || 1994, 2003 as part of ''A World Divided'' omnibus  ||  || Against the Terrans: <br> The First Age <br> ''Recontact'' ||
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| 1970 || ''[[The Winds of Darkover]]'' || 1995, 2003 as part of ''A World Divided'' omnibus ||  || Against the Terrans: <br> The First Age <br> ''Recontact'' ||
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| 1971  || ''[[The World Wreckers]]'' || 1994, 2004 as part of ''To Save a World'' omnibus  ||  || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' ||
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| 1972 || ''[[Darkover Landfall]]'' || 2004 as part of ''Darkover: First Contact'' omnibus ||  || The Founding||
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| 1974 || ''[[The Spell Sword]]'' || 2002 as part of ''The Forbidden Circle'' omnibus || [[Paul Edwin Zimmer]] (uncredited) || Against the Terrans: <br> The First Age <br> ''Recontact'' || Book #1 of ''Spell Sword/Forbidden Tower/Bloody Sun'' series
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| 1975 || ''[[The Heritage of Hastur]]'' || 2002 as part of ''Heritage and Exile'' omnibus ||  || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || Book #1 of ''Heritage of Hastur/Sharra's Exile/Reluctant King'' series
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| 1976 || ''[[The Shattered Chain]]'' || 2002 as part of ''Saga of the Renunciates'' omnibus ||  || The Renunciates || Book #1 of ''Shattered Chain/Thendara House/City of Sorcery'' series
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| 1977 || ''[[The Forbidden Tower]]'' || 2002 as part of ''The Forbidden Circle'' omnibus ||  || Against the Terrans: <br> The First Age <br> ''Recontact'' || Book #2 of ''Spell Sword/Forbidden Tower/Bloody Sun'' series
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| 1978 || ''[[Stormqueen!]]'' || 2002 as part of ''Ages of Chaos'' omnibus ||  || The Ages of Chaos ||
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| 1979 || ''[[The Bloody Sun]]'' (rewrite) || 1994 ||  || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || Book #3 of ''Spell Sword/Forbidden Tower/Bloody Sun'' series
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| 1980 || ''[[Two to Conquer]]'' || 2004 as part of ''Darkover: First Contact'' omnibus ||  || {{nowrap|The Hundred Kingdoms}} ||
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| 1980 || ''[[The Keeper's Price]]'' ||  || (Various) || (Various) || Anthology of short stories set in Darkover
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| 1981 || ''[[Sharra's Exile]]'' || 2002 as part of ''Heritage and Exile'' omnibus ||  || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || Book #2 of ''Heritage of Hastur/Sharra's Exile/Reluctant King'' series
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| 1982 || ''[[Hawkmistress!]]'' || 2002 as part of ''Ages of Chaos'' omnibus ||  || The Ages of Chaos ||
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| 1982 || ''[[Sword of Chaos]]'' ||  || (Various) || (Various) || Anthology of short stories set in Darkover
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| 1983 || ''[[Thendara House]]'' || 2002 as part of ''Saga of the Renunciates'' omnibus  || [[Jacqueline Lichtenberg]] (uncredited) || The Renunciates || Book #2 of ''Shattered Chain/Thendara House/City of Sorcery'' series
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| 1984 || ''[[City of Sorcery]]'' || 2002 as part of ''Saga of the Renunciates'' omnibus ||  || The Renunciates || Book #3 of ''Shattered Chain/Thendara House/City of Sorcery'' series
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| 1985 || ''[[Free Amazons of Darkover]]'' ||  || (Various) || (Various) || Anthology of short stories set in Darkover
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| 1987 || ''[[The Other Side of the Mirror (anthology)|The Other Side of the Mirror]]'' ||  || (Various) || (Various) || Anthology of short stories set in Darkover
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| 1987 || ''[[Red Sun of Darkover]]'' ||  || (Various) || (Various) || Anthology of short stories set in Darkover
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| 1988 || ''[[Four Moons of Darkover]]'' ||  || (Various) || (Various) || Anthology of short stories set in Darkover
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| 1989 || ''[[The Heirs of Hammerfell]]'' ||  ||  || The Hundred Kingdoms ||
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| 1990 || ''[[Domains of Darkover]]'' ||  || (Various) || (Various) || Anthology of short stories set in Darkover
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| 1991 || ''[[Renunciates of Darkover]]'' ||  || (Various) || (Various) || Anthology of short stories set in Darkover
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| 1991 || ''[[Leroni of Darkover]]'' ||  || (Various) || (Various) || Anthology of short stories set in Darkover
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| 1993 || ''[[Rediscovery]]'' ||  || [[Mercedes Lackey]] || Against the Terrans: <br> The First Age <br> ''Recontact'' ||
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| 1993 || ''[[Towers of Darkover]]'' ||  || (Various) || (Various) || Anthology of short stories set in Darkover
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| 1993 || ''[[Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover]]'' ||  ||  || (Various) || Collection of short stories set in Darkover, includes ''To Keep the Oath''
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| 1994 || ''[[Snows of Darkover]]'' ||  || (Various) || (Various) || Anthology of short stories set in Darkover
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| 1996 || ''[[Exile's Song]]'' ||  || [[Adrienne Martine-Barnes]] || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || Sequel to ''[[Sharra's Exile]]''
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| 1998 || ''[[The Shadow Matrix]]'' ||  || [[Adrienne Martine-Barnes]] || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || Sequel to ''[[Exile's Song]]''
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| 1999 || ''[[Traitor's Sun]]'' ||  || [[Adrienne Martine-Barnes]] || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || Sequel to ''[[The Shadow Matrix]]''
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| 2001 || ''[[The Fall of Neskaya]]'' ||  || [[Deborah J. Ross]] || The Ages of Chaos || ''Clingfire Trilogy'' #1 - in progress at Marion Zimmer Bradley's death
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| 2003 || ''[[Zandru's Forge]]'' ||  || [[Deborah J. Ross]] || The Ages of Chaos || ''Clingfire Trilogy'' #2 - in progress at Marion Zimmer Bradley's death
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| 2004 || ''[[A Flame in Hali]]'' ||  || [[Deborah J. Ross]] || The Ages of Chaos || ''Clingfire Trilogy'' #3 - in progress at Marion Zimmer Bradley's death
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| 2007 || ''[[The Alton Gift]]'' ||  || [[Deborah J. Ross]] || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || ''Children of Kings Trilogy'' #1 - in progress at Marion Zimmer Bradley's death
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| 2010 || ''[[Hastur Lord]]'' ||  || [[Deborah J. Ross]] || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || Book #3 of ''Heritage of Hastur/Sharra's Exile/Reluctant King'' series, set ten years after ''The World Wreckers'' - in progress at Marion Zimmer Bradley's death
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| 2013 || ''Children of Kings''||  || [[Deborah J. Ross]] || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || ''Children of Kings Trilogy'' #2 - in progress at Marion Zimmer Bradley's death
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| 2016 || ''[[Thunderlord!]]'' || || [[Deborah J. Ross]] || The Ages of Chaos || In progress at Marion Zimmer Bradley's death; sequel to ''Stormqueen!''
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| 2022 || ''The Laran Gambit'' ||  || [[Deborah J. Ross]] || Against the Terrans: <br> The Second Age <br> ''After the Comyn'' || ''Children of Kings Trilogy'' #3 In progress at Marion Zimmer Bradley's death
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| - || ''Arilinn'' ||  || [[Deborah J. Ross]] || The Ages of Chaos || in progress at Marion Zimmer Bradley's death
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==Related books==
The early novels ''Falcons of Narabedla'' and ''The Door Through Space'' are listed by some sources<ref name=tuck>{{Cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=[[Advent (publisher)|Advent]] | year=1974|isbn=0-911682-20-1 | page=64}}</ref><ref name=ash>{{Cite book | last=Ash | first=Brian | authorlink=Brian Ash (bibliographer) | title=Who's Who in Science Fiction | location=New York | publisher=Taplinger | pages=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinscience00ashb/page/53 53–54] | year=1976 | isbn=0-8008-8274-1 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinscience00ashb/page/53}}</ref><ref name=winds>{{Cite book | last=Bradley | first=Marion Zimmer | authorlink=Marion Zimmer Bradley | title=The Winds of Darkover | location=New York | publisher=[[Ace Books]] | year=1970 | oclc=9263732 | page=1}}</ref> as part of the ''Darkover'' series (as noted below), but although they presage some themes and images with the main sequence, these do not take place on Darkover, and are in other ways inconsistent with the series.  Clute and Nicholls (1995) describes these as "marginally linked" to ''Darkover''.<ref name=clute>{{Cite book | last=Clute | first=John | authorlink=John Clute | author2=Peter Nicholls | authorlink2=Peter Nicholls (writer) | title=[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]] | location=New York | publisher=[[St. Martin's Press | St. Martin's Griffin]] | year=1995 | isbn=0-312-13486-X | page=154}}</ref>
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!Pub.<br>Year !! Title !! Reprint(s) !! Darkovan Era !! Notes
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| 1957 || ''[[Falcons of Narabedla]]'' || 1964, 1988, 1991 || ?<br> {{nowrap|(after Terran contact) }}|| Listed by Tuck (1974),<ref name="tuck"/> Ash (1976)<ref name="ash"/> and in certain other ''Darkover'' books<ref name="winds"/> as part of the series. Clute (1995) describes it as "marginally linked" to ''Darkover''.<ref name="clute"/> It is not included in other listings of the series.
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| 1961 || ''{{nowrap|[[The Door Through Space]]}}'' || 1965 || ?<br> (after Terran contact) || Expanded from "Bird of Prey" (1957).<ref name=tuck/><br/>Listed by Tuck (1974),<ref name=tuck/> Ash (1976)<ref name=ash/> and in certain other ''Darkover'' books<ref name=winds/> as part of the series. Clute (1995) describes it as "marginally linked" to ''Darkover''.<ref name=clute/> It is not included in other listings of the series.
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==References==
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