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 still chattel--indeed in some barbaric parts even kept enchained. Yet there are the bands of pledged women known as the Free Amazons, equal to men and outside the laws that keep the rest of their sex subs... more »ervient. It is the Free Amazons who provide the key to the Terran-Darkover dilemma.« less