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The Shattered Chain

Name: The Shattered Chain
Rating: 3.95 (2998 reviews)
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Zimmer Bradley January 1, 1976

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The women of Darkover are treated like slaves, despite the fact that they alone can control the power of the matrix, but the Free Amazons provide a key to the future

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