The Door Through Space
The Door Through Space is marginally linked to Darkover series.
At one time Race Cargill had been the best Terran intelligence agent on
the complex and mysterious planet of Wolf. he had repeatedly
imperrilled his life amongst the half-human and non-human creatures of
the sullen world. And he had repeatedly accomplished the fantastic
missions until his name was emblazoned with glozy.
But that had
all seemingly ended. For six long years he'd sat behind a boring desk
inside the fenced-in Terran Headquarters, cut off there ever since he
and a rival has scarred and ripped each other in blood-feud.
But
when "The Door through Space" swung suddenly open, the feud was on
again - and with it a plot designed to check and destroy the Terran
Empire.
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Zimmer Bradley was an American fantasy and science fiction author. She was born 1930 and died 1999 after suffering a major heart attack.
Writing for over 4 decades, Marion Zimmer Bradley is best known for her Darkover science fantasy series and her Arthurian masterpiece, The Mists of Avalon. She also edited anthologies for several years and published Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine.
Photo by Modern Arts Studio, Oakland, California. Source: Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust.
Darkover
Series contains 28 total works. Current series reading order on below.
Related series Darkover (anthologies)
Related series The Clingfire Trilogy
Related series Children of Kings
Book Reviews
The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley I read this; because it was there. Well, it's written by Marion Zimmer Bradley and its one of the first novels of her's that was published. I loved The Colors of Space but honestly did not read much more than that because her stories seemed predominantly fantasy and at the time I was reading science fiction. I'm almost sorry I haven't read more of her's- the good thing is that enough is out there I might still have time. The Door Through Space demonstrates that she had a lot of talent coming out of the gate. The story starts on the planet known as Wolf. The reader is introduced to Race Cargill former intelligence agent of the Terran Secret Service. He's at the spaceport in Kharsa and in the first chapter we are introduced to the natives much of the political situation and some of the back-story of Cargill all through the movement of a mob chasing a dwarf who appears to be peddling toys. And the reader is introduced to a mystery when the dwarf disappears while Cargill is trying to calm the natives, using his skill at speaking in their language. All of this is in the first short chapter. Cargill is intent on leaving Wolf on the next Star-ship. He's ready to go and on the ship waiting when he's pulled off by his employer who has one more job for him. This job involves a traitor named Rakhal. Rakhal had been a fellow agent. When he turned native he left with Race's sister Juli and he disfigured Race's face. Race has since been at a desk job and he has no desire or ambition to seek after Rakhal or to kill his own brother in law. The problem is that Juli has come back and she's desperate to have Race find Rakhal and bring back her own daughter to her. If that's not enough Race finds out that Rakhal has been pursuing the possibility that someone on Wolf might possess a matter transmitter. If that's true then Terran Intelligence needs to be on top of it. One more time Race Cargill must go undercover to find his niece and try to secure the matter transmitter. This is a tightly written tale that has survived the test of time and still stands as an intriguing story that keeps the reader on their toes and involved to the very end. I sure hope Amazon has that download fixed. If not Guttenburg has this in kindle format and its easy to upload it from a pc into your que- I believe that's how I did it. J.L. Dobias