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To Save a World (Darkover Omnibus #7) by Marion Zimmer Bradley (2004, Mass Market)

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PublisherDAW

ISBN-100756402506

ISBN-139780756402501

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Book TitleTo Save a World (Darkover Omnibus #7)

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

TopicFantasy / General, Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies

GenreFiction

AuthorMarion Zimmer Bradley

Book SeriesDarkover Ser.

FormatMass Market

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight8.4 Oz

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width4.1 in

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ReviewsPraise for Darkover: "Suspenseful, powerfully written , and deeply moving." -- Library Journal " A warm, shrewd portrait of women from different background working together under adverse conditions." -- Publishers Weekly "For sheer skill in storytelling and worldbuilding , for wit, for strikingly intelligent development of the concept of telepathy, above all, for continuous concern for people, Bradley has put some more famous sagas in the shade." -- Chicago Sun-Times "A rich and highly colored tale of politics and magic, courage and pressure.... Topflight adventure in every way!" -- Analog Magazine , Lester Del Rey "Delightful... a fascinating world and a great read." -- Locus "Literate and exciting ." -- New York Times Book Review "May well be [Bradley's] masterpiece ." --New York Newsday, Praise for Darkover: "Suspenseful, powerfully written , and deeply moving." -- Library Journal " A warm, shrewd portrait of women from different background working together under adverse conditions." -- Publishers Weekly "For sheer skill in storytelling and worldbuilding , for wit, for strikingly intelligent development of the concept of telepathy, above all, for continuous concern for people, Bradley has put some more famous sagas in the shade." -- Chicago Sun-Times "A rich and highly colored tale of politics and magic, courage and pressure.... Topflight adventure in every way!" -- Analog Magazine , Lester Del Rey "Delightful... a fascinating world and a great read." -- Locus "Literate and exciting ." -- New York Times Book Review "May well be [Bradley's] masterpiece ." --New York Newsday

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Series Volume Number7

Grade ToUP

SynopsisAn omnibus volume of two of Marion Zimmer Bradley's classic, long-unavailable Darkover novels, including the first Darkover novel ever written! To Save a World includes The World Wreckers and the Planet Savers , plus the short story "The Waterfall." The Planet Savers: Originally published in Amazing Stories in December 1958, The Planet Savers was the very firs Darkover novel to see print. It was here readers were first introduced to the now legendary world of Cottman IV, at a time when the Terrans are desperately seeking a cure to a disease of epidemic proportions that threatens the lives of Terrans and Darkovans alike. For every forty-eight years, Trailmen's fever, a childhood illness among this native and venerable race, becomes pandemic, decimating the human population of this rustic planet. Now, one brave Terran doctor must join a Darkovan expedition into the wild mountainous terrain of the Trailmen in a desperate attempt to create a vaccine and eradicate this terrible plague once and for all. The World Wreckers: Planetary Investments Unlimited--that was the company's official name, but unofficially it was known as Worldwreckers, Inc. For a fee, its agent would infiltrate any world unwilling to give up its independence, and do enough damage that the natives would be forced to allow Terran investors to step in and salvage their planet. And now, once again, its agents were at work. In the 78 years since the planet Cottman IV--called Darkover by its natives--was rediscovered by the Terran Empire, all efforts to colonize and industrialize this exotic world had failed. And the person in charge of Worldwreckers, Inc.--a centuries-old being who appeared to be a woman--had decided to take on this particular assignment herself. After all, she had special insight into this world, for long ago--lifetimes ago--she had called Darkover home...., An omnibus volume of two of Marion Zimmer Bradley's classic, long-unavailable Darkover novels, including the first Darkover novel ever written To Save a World includes The World Wreckers and the Planet Savers , plus the short story "The Waterfall." The Planet Savers: Originally published in Amazing Stories in December 1958, The Planet Savers was the very firs Darkover novel to see print. It was here readers were first introduced to the now legendary world of Cottman IV, at a time when the Terrans are desperately seeking a cure to a disease of epidemic proportions that threatens the lives of Terrans and Darkovans alike. For every forty-eight years, Trailmen's fever, a childhood illness among this native and venerable race, becomes pandemic, decimating the human population of this rustic planet. Now, one brave Terran doctor must join a Darkovan expedition into the wild mountainous terrain of the Trailmen in a desperate attempt to create a vaccine and eradicate this terrible plague once and for all. The World Wreckers: Planetary Investments Unlimited--that was the company's official name, but unofficially it was known as Worldwreckers, Inc. For a fee, its agent would infiltrate any world unwilling to give up its independence, and do enough damage that the natives would be forced to allow Terran investors to step in and salvage their planet. And now, once again, its agents were at work. In the 78 years since the planet Cottman IV--called Darkover by its natives--was rediscovered by the Terran Empire, all efforts to colonize and industrialize this exotic world had failed. And the person in charge of Worldwreckers, Inc.--a centuries-old being who appeared to be a woman--had decided to take on this particular assignment herself. After all, she had special insight into this world, for long ago--lifetimes ago--she had called Darkover home....