num_pages: 560
description: After spending her youth in the Terran Empire, Margaret Alton returns to Darkover, the planet of her birth. There she discovers she has the Alton Gift--forced rapport and compulsion--one of the strongest and most dangerous of the inherited Laran gifts of the telepathic Comyn--the ruling families of Darkover. And even as she struggles to control her newfound powers, Margaret finds herself falling in love with the Regent to the royal Elhalyn Domain, a man she has been forbidden to marry, for their alliance would irrevocably alter the power balance of their planet!
language: English
title: The Shadow Matrix
titlecomplete: The Shadow Matrix (Darkover, #25)
genres: 20th Century, High Fantasy, Novels, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, Paranormal, Sci Fi Fantasy
ratings_count: 2581
series: Darkover (Chronological Order), Second Age: After the Comyn, Darkover (Publication Order - Primary Works), Darkover (Publication Order)
publisher: DAW