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Hawkmistress!

Marion Zimmer Bradley

First published September 1982
Type Novel
Series Darkover #6

Synopsis

<b>From the back cover of the DAW first edition:</b> "She had rejected her noble birthright and embraced the freedom only a man could claim. She was Romilly who lived among the beasts of hill and forest and communicated with them, who tried humanity and turned it down for its evils and jealousies. She had the MacAran Gift, the rare laran that conferred mastery over hawk and horse. <p>There was war in the lands of Darkover for this was the age of the Hundred Kingdoms when usurpers took the throne and the true king wandered in disguise with a price on his head. Romilly wanted none of all this, but there were those who shared her talents - the men and women of the Towers. And for them Romilly was the key. <p>Whether male-garbed or beast-minded, she was also human. And duty to her own true kind pointed her to the ultimate decision."

Notes


No series number in the book, but this comes between Stormqueen and Two to Conquer.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1983 Balrog Award Novel Nominee/Finalist
1983 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist

Publications (15)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1982 Cover Hawkmistress! DAW Books Novel 5
September 1982 Cover Hawkmistress! DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Novel 5
September 1984 Cover Hawkmistress! DAW Books Novel 5
1985 Cover Hawkmistress! Arrow Books Novel
July 1985 Hawkmistress! DAW Books Novel
February 1988 Cover Hawkmistress! DAW Books Novel
June 1988 Cover Hawkmistress! Severn House Novel
November 1988 Hawkmistress! Legend Novel
August 1997 Hawkmistress! DAW Books Novel
May 2002 Cover The Ages of Chaos DAW Books Omnibus 391
February 2005 The Ages of Chaos DAW Books / SFBC Omnibus 391
September 2011 Cover Hawkmistress! Gateway / Orion Novel
January 2013 Cover Darkover: The Gateway Collection Gateway / Orion Omnibus
September 2018 Cover Hawkmistress! Recorded Books Novel
October 2018 Cover Hawkmistress! Recorded Books and Blackstone Publishing Novel