Marion Zimmer Bradley is rapidly becoming one of the best writers in our field. Book by book … she has been increasing her command of the craft and art of writing. The [deepening] of her characterization and the widening of her grasp of background, along with the increasing honesty and inventiveness of her plotting, are all joyous developments to behold.

Her "Darkover" stories are her best known ones, of course. And they depend on psi-effects to a major extent—a subject which I don't normally enjoy very much. Frankly, while I found the early Darkover novels fairly good reading, I wasn't much impressed. Now I look forward to each one with the keenest anticipation.

The latest is The Forbidden Tower…. And it lived up to my anticipation in every way, despite the fact that much of the story involves a sort of love relationship among a group of people...