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Treason of the Blood - A Positronic Book
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781515403210
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Dec 6 2015
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.10
Height: 0.08 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Treason of the Blood is an early short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley exploring psychic inheritance and divided loyalty within her developing Darkover milieu.
Set against the background of Darkover's telepathic aristocracy, the story examines the burdens of lineage and the dangerous consequences of misused laran-the planet's hereditary psychic Gift. Bradley's focus is intimate rather than epic: personal allegiance, family honor, and the emotional cost of power form the core of the narrative.
Though brief in form, the story anticipates many of the themes that would later define Bradley's Darkover novels: the tension between tradition and change, the responsibility that accompanies psychic ability, and the complex moral terrain of feudal society on a distant world. It stands as part of the early architecture of one of science fantasy's most enduring planetary settings.
This Positronic Publishing edition presents the complete text of the story.
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