In a Gor-style novel the woman would become less her own person, eventually learning to be a contented and obedient slave. But she does know that she would rather fight in the arena than be a harlot for the men who do, and that choice changes the rest of the book. Yes, this book does start out with a heroine who has been captured and is being sold as a slave, who has amnesia and remembers nothing of her life before the trip across the desert with the slavers - and, due to a head injury, remembers mercifully little of that. In addition, it's her response to the Gor novels - where men were men and women were slaves - that were also being. This book is the result of a bet between Marion and Don Wollheim, her editor for the Darkover novels at DAW Books. This is not a typical Marion Zimmer Bradley novel. Introduction by Waters, Elisabeth By Bradley, Marion Zimmer Warrior Woman (Trade Paperback / Paperback)
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