The Shattered Chain A Darkover Novel Author:Marion Zimmer Bradley 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 chattel - indeed in barbaric parts kept enchained. Yet there are bands of pledged women known as the Free Amazons, equal to men and outside the aws that keep the rest of their sex subservient. It is the Fr... more »ee Amazons who provide the key to the Terran- Darkover dilemma.« less