The Keeper's Price

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The Keeper's Price
Keepers price.jpg
Cover of the first edition
Editor Marion Zimmer Bradley
Cover artist Don Maitz
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Darkover
Genre Fantasy
Science fiction
Publisher DAW Books
Publication date
1980
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages207
ISBN 0-87997-517-2
OCLC 6000070

The Keeper's Price and Other Stories is an anthology of fantasy and science fiction short stories edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The stories are set in Bradley's world of Darkover . The book was first published by DAW Books in February 1980. Many of the stories first appeared in the magazine Starstone.

Contents

  1. The Settlement
  2. The Ages of Chaos
    • "There Is Always an Alternative" by Patricia Mathews
    • "The Tale of the Durraman’s Donkey" by Eileen Ledbetter
    • "The Fires of Her Vengeance" by Susan M. Shwartz
    • "Circle of Light" by Kathleen Williams
    • "The Alton Gift" by Elisabeth Waters
    • "The Answer" by Jacqueline Lichtenberg & Jean Lorrah
  3. Under the Comyn
  4. After the Fall of the Comyn
    • "Ambassador to Corresanti" by Linda Frankel
    • "A View from the Reconstruction" by Paula Crunk

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