High Deryni (Chronicles of the Deryni Series #3) by Katherine Kurtz
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- Pub. Date: December 2007
- 464pp
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: December 2007
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Format: Hardcover, 464pp
- Series: Chronicles of the Deryni Series
- ISBN-13: 9780441015269
- ISBN: 0441015263
Synopsis
Third in the trilogy that launched Kurtz's career—now revised and expanded.
Kelson Haldane is King of Gwynedd, the first liege of magical Deryni heritage in centuries. But the priesthood of the Eleven Kingdoms have no intention of ceding their power—even if it means inciting civil war.
Biography
Katherine Kurtz has been writing fantasy for well over three decades. She is happily married and lives with her husband.
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A solid ending to a fine rewriteby harstan
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October 09, 2007: Although only fourteen years old and of Deryni background, Kelson Haldane has become the king of Gwynedd. Already having faced a difficult struggle to gain the throne, he has an even thornier time to keep his crown. The wary Church loathes anyone with the Dernyi magic flowing in their blood let alone one wearing the crown. Kelson?s nobles resent him on two counts being a teen and his Deryni blood.----------------- His rival monarchs also detests the upstart youth. Especially opposed to him is the ambitious King Wencit of Torenth, a sorcerer who plans to be the one sovereign ruling the eleven Kingdoms he recognizes in the teen a potentially dangerous opponent. On the plus side Kelson has the support of powerful Duke Alaric Morgan and Father Duncan McLain, although both have been excommunicated by the Church for using magic.--------------- The revision of the original Dernyi trilogy is a solid ending to a fine rewrite. The story line focuses on mostly political manipulations to either keep or dethrone Kelson. Although it behooves the audience to read the previous two tales (see DERYNI RISING and DERYNI CHECKMATE) as this is not a stand alone book, fans of the series will enjoy this more complex and in fairness convoluted version filled with new twists.-------------- Harriet Klausner
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