Lew Alton, a key figure in the Darkover series, demonstrates the traditional features of the epic hero: an unrecognized son who emerges, through a series of tests, to a sense of personal worth and self-knowledge. Although a good swordsman, Lew also brings the less traditional values of intuition, sentience, and gentleness to the traditional ones of courage and justice. As an outsider, half-Terran, he is in the position to mediate between the two worlds. He is trained to take full advantage of the more feminine, emotional parts of himself; and as such is a model for younger boys, such as Regis, and a foil to Lord Dyan and Robert Kadarin. His one flaw, his unquestioning acceptance of an authoritarian system, is mended when he.....
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