The Warrior Within

by Sharon Green

Book Overview

Long out of print, the Terrilian series earned Sharon Green the appellation of "the female John Norman" from its large and appreciative following. Greenery Press will be issuing the remaining four books in the series in quality trade bindings in coming seasons.Terri is one of Central's most respected psychics and ambassadors. Powerful, intelligent and imperious, she is in charge of every situation she encounters.Yet on assignment to a primitive planet...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0886771463
• ISBN13: 9780886771461
• Release Date: August 1986
• Publisher: Daw Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Long time fan of Sharon Green

I remember combing used book stores for copies of her work; I'm thrilled to see it reprinted. Sharon Green's work is not for everyone, that much is obvious. However, she has developed a huge fan base over the years, and not without good reason. Her newer books, while certainly more PC, just don't have that same thrill for me that her older books, this series in particular, has for me. I've seen the complaints and arguements about how her books are sexist and how her female characters are abused...I don't agree with them. Yes the men are very strong and they get what they want, but this is not exactly a case of raping and beating the poor defensless woman. The lead female character in this novel, Terri, is very powerful and had numerous chances to overcome her oppressor and escape; she didn't. Her reactions to his sexual advances were not fakes; those are not the reactions of a woman being raped. I speak from experience. I've also seen the comments that her books are like John Norman's...I also don't agree with those. The only similarities the series' share is that the women are, usually, submissive. That puts them in the same genre together- but barely. Sharon's characters are full of life; her settings are incredibly vivid, and her books are well-written. They don't fall flat like the Gor books. (Search the Houseplants of Gor on the web for a very funny parody of Gor) When all is said and done the Terrilian series is a wonderful body of work. It is second only to the Diana Santee series, which was picked up by mainstream publishers for only the first two books, and has since been published by Cf Publications. It's up to about 10 novels now. If you like these books look for them on the web!

Yield and Overcome

I highly recommend this book, this series, and this author to any guy who thinks all militant feminists should be sold into slavery in Afghanistan. You'll love it but I'll warn you upfront, Green will play with your head in ways you probably won't know how to deal with. She's from Brooklyn, she's studied Tai Kwon do, and she's a mother. Women who are extremely insecure feminists will go into book burning hysteria trying to deal with Green so they should probably wimp out. Women who have been in real life abusive relationships with men and had the emotional strength to survive that unfortunate experience tend to be among Green's most admiring fans. Love her or hate her, Sharon Green is in my opinion one of the most unique and interesting authors of the 20th Century.

For your information

I jsut bought Haught Spirit by Sharon Green, and apparently the Terrilian Series is going to be reprinted in Spring of 2000 by Greenery Press. So for those of you who want to buy a copy or read it and can't because it's out of print, just wait for the reprint.

One of my most favorite series ever.

Though, as the person who panned it above notes (without realizing it) it's important to read the whole series. Sharon Green has a habit of leaving mid-series books with a pretty serious downturn at the end, and if you don't see where it goes after that, it can be fairly disturbing. This series in particular starts with the main character as spoiled brat and victim (though she, of course, doesn't think of herself that way) and breaks her in several ways before she finds her own true strength.That aside, this set of five is one that I reread every few months; as you can imagine, my set is getting pretty dog-eared. And it's a must for good powerplay based fiction. I've read nothing else that beats it.

Excellent, though hard to accept "little woman" slant.

See review of Book 5 for more details. Basically, this story starts off as a selfish female who is more interested in punishing others because she "can". It outlines the role she has in her society, wherein she's subject to unquestioned authority on how she lives her life when "active" and virtually no restraints when "disabled". Deals with some of the same feminist ethics that the Jalav series touches on, but starts out in a much more American culture-specific fashion so that the woman reader is more likely to have some level of empathy and identification with the character in order to compel her to finish the story. By the end of the series, the character is much stronger, more in control of her moralistic viewpoint, and a much more 3-dimensional character whom we care about. Interesting and fun.