Notes
The Shattered Chain, a Darkover novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley.

First published by DAW Books in 1976.

Publisher’s Blurb – Lower Cover
When the Terran Empire first colonised the Planet Darkover, they were grateful to find some human life, mixed as it was with strange alien creatures. Yet to the highly sophisticated technocrats from Earth, the ancient Darkovan civilisation presents an impenetrable barrier of medieval warring clans – many of them possessing highly developed psychic powers.

Strangest of all is an enigmatic band of women known as the Free Amazons. A law unto themselves, they hold the key to the mystery of the planet . . .