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A wounded Atlantean prince...a deadly battle between Dark and Light...and the sisters Deoris and Domaris, whose lives are changed utterly by the magic involving them. These are the elements of The Fall of Atlantis, Marion Zimmer Bradley's epic fantasy about that ancient and legendary realm. On one side stand the Priests of the White Robe, guardians of powerful natural forces which could threaten the world if misused. Ranged against them are the Black Robes, sorcerers who secretly practice their dark arts in the labyrinthine caves beneath the very Temple of Light. Caught between are Domaris and Deoris, daughters of the Archpriest Talkannon, trapped in a web of deadly sorcery -- the same forbidden sorcery that could bring about The FALL of ATLANTIS Marion Zimmer Bradley began writing science fiction and fantasy in 1953. After many short stories and short novels in science fiction magazines, she published the first of her novels, The Door Through Space, in 1961. The following year she published The Sword of Aldones -- the beginning of her popular and monumental Darkover series -- which was nominated for that year's Hugo Award for Best Novel. A later Darkover novel, The Forbidden Tower, was also nominated for a Hugo Award, and a third, The Heritage of Hastur, was nominated for a Nebula Award. Her works set on the planet Darkover, which adroitly combine science fiction and fantasy, are so popular that for twenty-five years an annual convention has been held for fans of the Darkover universe. Her most popular novel was The Mists of Avalon, which won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, spent months on the New York Times Best Seller List as a hardcover, then repeated the feat in a trade paperback edition. It has sold over a million copies, and has been filmed as a TV miniseries. Ms. Bradley died in 1999 (more) (less)

Caillean, que se retira a la isla de Avalón con un pequeño grupo de sacerdotisas para establecer una hermandad que sirva a la Gran Diosa y asegure la descendencia, será la encargada de proteger Avalón con el manto de las nieblas eternas. Dierna, su astuta sucesora, que intenta valerse de la politica al casar a una joven sacerdotisa con un general romano. Y finalmente Viviana, bella, belicosa y destinada a la verdadera grandeza, que se convertira en guardiana del Santo Grial.

The goddess returns in Marion Zimmer Bradley's prequel to The mist of Avalon. Eilan, a.k.a. Helena, journeys from her birthplace of Avalon to the Holy Land, where she finds the universal truths that will enable her to lead the world from paganism to Christianity. Armed with her wisdom, her son, Constantine, rules Christendom.

La casa del bosque alude al hogar que acogía a las sacerdotisas intocables de la gran diosa. Sus muros, levantados por los druidas. guardianes de la antigua religión de Bretaña, debían proteger a las mujeres de la profanacion de los legionarios y del poder de Roma. Eilan, hija y nieta de druidas, ha sabido siempre que su destino era pertenecer a la casa del bosque, aunque ello significara renunciar al amor de un hombre.

Helena. Beautiful, young, enigmatic. She's a daughter of the Holy Isle who became a Christian Saint and the heroine of Welsh legend. In 296, the emperor Contantius come to Britian and falls in love with Princess Eilan, known as Helana to the Romans. She is also the daughter of King Coel and the high Priestess of Avalon. Helena see's a chance to marry the bloodlines of ancient royal families, and their myths and traditions. But she has to contend with the politics of Rome, the ill fortunes of war and the irresistable rise of a powerful new religion...