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Original Title: Thendara House (Darkover, #13)
ISBN: 0879978570 (ISBN13: 9780879978570)
Edition Language: English
Series: Darkover - Publication Order #18, Darkover - Chronological Order, Renunciates ##2 , more
Literary Awards: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award Nominee (1984)
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Title:Thendara House (Darkover - Publication Order #18)
Author:Marion Zimmer Bradley
Book Format:Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition:First Edition
Pages:Pages: 414 pages
Published:September 1st 1983 by DAW Books (first published 1983)
Categories:Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy

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Series background: a human colony ship crash lands on the wrong planet. They name it Darkover and do their best to survive in a fairly hostile landscape. Over the centuries they forget their off-world origins and develop a vaguely feudal society. The nobility, called the Comyn, is comprised of seven families of red-heads with different psychic gifts. Women have few legal rights and are the property of fathers and husbands. Renunciates, sometimes called by others the Free Amazons, are women who reject the social system and band together in groups for mutual protection. There is also some emphasis on female virginity because only virgin women can become Keepers in the Towers where they use the the great Matrix crystals to amplify their psychic abilities.

Chronologically, the series takes place over a number of centuries, covering from the initial Darkover Landfall to eventual rediscovery by the galactic empire and its aftermath. The books were not written in chronological order, and the chronology seemed, when I tried to figure it out years ago, to not work out entirely. But most of the books work as stand-alones. The ones that have larger story-arcs and continuing characters tend to be set around the Rediscovery period. This book, for instance, comes a decade or so after The Shattered Chain and has some returning characters, but I think you could make sense of it without reading Shattered Chain first. But you really need to read this one before City of Sorcery.

Thendara House is set several years after the Terran Empire rediscovers the lost colony of Darkover. They have a base on the planet, and Madga has spent quite a bit of her childhood there and is familiar with the Darkovan culture. When her friend and colleague Peter is kidnapped and held for ransom, it makes sense that she travel "under-cover" to rescue him. Because of the oppression of native women, she decides to disguise herself as a Renunciate for safety. But when she meets a band of actual Renunciates, they quickly see through her disguise (for one thing, they never travel alone) and threaten to kill her, as is the standard practice for women who take the Renunciate name in vain. It doesn't come up in the context, but I guess this is fine with the government; their culture permits dueling et al and they don't seem to care much about what happens to women without families, anyway. Magda promises she will become a Renunciate for real if they spare her, and they help her save Peter. Jaelle, one of the Renunciates, falls in love with Peter and decides to marry him and live on the Terran Base. Magda takes her place in the Renunciate house in the capital city of Thendara.

That's all set-up. The bulk of the book is the two women's parallel experiences of culture-shock and adjustment. Despite the sword-and-sorcery setting, this is more anthropology than action and may be a decent place to dive into the series, as the perspective of Magda as a semi-outsider learning the nuances of the culture makes it clear more quickly than if you try to pick it up as you go along.

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mmmh. So, we have two different cultural background for our heroines, Jaelle, a Renunciate who works with Earth people after her marriage with a Terran, Peter Haldane and Margali (Magda) a Terran woman, born on Darkover and grew up as Terran who goes to live in a Renunciate house.Both of women will have their trouble trying to accomodate different cultures but Margali is the most lucky, in my opinion, because she's more free to express hersel. Jaelle will face a lot of problems and in the end,

Thendara House (pub. 1983) is a direct sequel to The Shattered Chain - it details the events immediately following on Jaelle n'ha Melora's freemate marriage to Terran (but Darkovan born and raised) Peter Haldane, and the entrance into the Thendara Guild House of Terran Intelligence Agent Magda Lorne (known among her guild-sisters as Margali n'ha Ysabet) for six months of training and seclusion.For both women, it is a time of self-discovery. Jaelle, who has repressed her early life in the

This book is a quick, easy read that nevertheless has some thoughtful thematic content to make it stand out from the crowd of other sci-fi/fantasy novels. However, at times the characters and plot can feel like little more than a vehicle for Zimmer Bradley to explore her sociopolitical themes. Both plot and character felt a little hollow throughout, and ultimately I wasn't sucked in enough to be clamoring to read the next book. Overall a good read with some courageous social commentary, but did

My personal favorite of Bradley's books so far.An unapologetic sequel to Shattered Chain, immediately following the events of Shattered Chain; Magda has, in order to fulfill her vow to the Renunciates, taken a leave from the Terran Space force and is living in Thendara House, a Renunciate house in the city. To some extent, it's like boot camp in that the purpose of the six month stay is to retrain and adjust thinking, helping women strip off the societal expectations placed on women and helping

wonderful

Of all the Darkover novels I've read so far, I absolutely did not like this one. Marion Zimmer Bradley goes on and on about the same issues with the two characters Jaelle and Magdalen Lorne. Even the repetition of the routine at the Terran HQ was too much for me. I believe half of this novel can be edited out. She really had trouble with moving on with the story telling. I was interested in it when they actually left the guild house in search of Aleki, and the leronis from the Forbidden Tower.

Good overall, but there are so many characters I want to slap in this book. First, and constantly, Peter. Because he's a big asshole the entire time. Even when he's being nice, it's only because he's doing it to try and get his way. He's constantly manipulating Jaelle and vying for power and position. And when (view spoiler)[Jaelle struck him down and thought she killed him (hide spoiler)], I kind of wish she had. He's got that wonderful 50's sexism going on where his wife should obey and help