"Shattered Chains" is a gripping tale of resilience and defiance in the face of oppression. Set against the backdrop of slavery, it follows Adisa, a courageous young woman, as she dares to defy the chains that bind her and seeks freedom at any cost. With danger lurking around every corner, Adisa embarks on a harrowing journey through the wilderness, facing betrayal, hardship, and unimaginable challenges along the way. But fueled by the fire of her spirit and the bonds of camaraderie with her fellow escapees, she refuses to be silenced. Through adversity and triumph, "Shattered Chains" is a testament to the power of hope, the strength of the human spirit, and the unbreakable bonds of love and solidarity in the face of injustice.

While only women can command the power of the matrix and the secret sciences which keep Darkover from Terran hands, in most respects they are still chattels. But the Free Amazons are considered equal to men, and it is they who provide the key to the Terran-Darkover dilemma. About the Author Marion Zimmer was born in Albany, NY, on June 3, 1930, and married Robert Alden Bradley in 1949. Mrs. Bradley received her B.A. in 1964 from Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, then did graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1965-67. She was a science fiction/fantasy fan from her middle teens, and made her first sale as an adjunct to an amateur fiction contest in Fantastic/Amazing Stories in 1949. She had written as long as she could remember, but wrote only for school magazines and fanzines until 1952, when she sold her first professional short story to Vortex Science Fiction. She wrote everything from science fiction to Gothics, but is probably best known for her Darkover novels. In addition to her novels, Mrs. Bradley edited many magazines, amateur and professional, including Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, which she started in 1988. She also edited an annual anthology called Sword and Sorceress for DAW Books. Over the years she turned more to fantasy; The House Between the Worlds, although a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club, was "fantasy undiluted". She wrote a novel of the women in the Arthurian legends -- Morgan Le Fay, the Lady of the Lake, and others -- entitled Mists of Avalon, which made the NY Times best seller list both in hardcover and trade paperback, and she also wrote The Firebrand, a novel about the women of the Trojan War. Her historical fantasy novels, The Forest House, Lady of Avalon, Mists of Avalon are prequels to Priestess of Avalon She died in Berkeley, California on September 25, 1999, four days after suffering a major heart attack. She was survived by her brother, Leslie Zimmer; her sons, David Bradley and Patrick Breen; her daughter, Moira Stern; and her grandchildren.

In a chilling tale of survival and the blurred lines of humanity, Tess finds herself thrust into a harrowing ordeal that tests her limits and forces her to confront the darkest corners of the human psyche. When she stumbles upon a sinister scene in the woods, she becomes entangled in the clutches of a man with a twisted sense of protection. As she fights to free herself and the other captive women, Tess grapples with the complexity of their captor's motivations and the haunting shades of gray that shape their fates. Amidst the blood-soaked walls of a hidden cabin, she must summon her courage and navigate the treacherous path to freedom, knowing that the scars of their shared trauma will forever alter their lives. In this suspenseful and emotionally charged narrative, Tess discovers the indomitable resilience of the human spirit and the enduring power of hope, even in the face of unspeakable darkness.