Arilinn

expanded novel 2024 Darkover

Record

First published	2024
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	expanded
First-edition ISBN	9781938185830

Synopsis

Billed as the final Darkover novel, this book is set in the turbulent period leading into Darkover's Ages of Chaos and chronicles the founding of the Arilinn Tower, one of the planet's central institutions for training telepaths in the use of laran.

Where it sits

• Universe: Darkover
• Series: Darkover: The Ross Continuation Novels expanded; position 6 of 6 in the series' recorded order
• Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Author: Deborah J. Ross

Notes

• Darkover continuation novel by Deborah J. Ross, credited jointly with Marion Zimmer Bradley, continuing the Alton/Hastur/Elhalyn political storyline after Traitor's Sun (1999). Registered Expanded Canon; Core Canon remains the 22 novels published under Bradley's own credited authorship (1958-1999), per this universe's existing scope note.
• From the series record (Darkover: The Ross Continuation Novels): 6 Darkover continuation novels written by Deborah J. Ross, credited jointly with Marion Zimmer Bradley, 2007-2024. Publisher's own announcement names Arilinn (2024) as the final Darkover novel.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.

• Publication order, within the series Darkover: The Ross Continuation Novels: position 6 of 6: previous The Laran Gambit (2022)

Sources

• Deborah J. Ross (author's own site)
• Wikipedia (English)
• https://deborahjross.blogspot.com/p/darkover.html

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