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The first volume of the celebrated Deverry series, an epic fantasy rooted in Celtic mythology that intricately interweaves human and elven history over several hundred years.
About the Author
Katharine Kerr was born in Ohio and moved to San Francisco Bay Area in 1962, where she has lived ever since. She has read extensively in the fields of classical archeology, and medieval and dark ages history and literature, and these influences are clear in her work. Her epic Deverry series has won widespread praise and millions of fans around the world.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
"Daggerspell" by Katharine Kerr is my absolute favourite book. The Deverry sequence comprises eleven books at the moment, and this is the first of them. The leading plot is the reincarnation of souls and the complicated relations that will build up when the souls interact as different persons in different lives. The story is told in two time lines or time frames, the so called present time line that focus on Jill and Rhodry, and the past time line that focus on their previous lives during 400 years. The story thus changes between past and present, and it is all really wonderful stories, that interacts in a so complex pattern that it takes some rereads to discover some of the more hidden connections. The twelfth and last book of the sequence is being written right now, and it will let the past time line to finally merge with the present time line, and thus complete the intricate story pattern. In this first book we are exposed to the beginning of the present story, and two stories from the past. Love, Wyrd (destiny) and Dweomer (magic) interacts to create a great story out of many threads. All the stories is set in the roughly mediaeval society of Deverry and it's neighbouring cultures. My old mother, who always (or at least the last thirty years) had claimed that she didn't like fantasy literature, was instantly hooked when she started to read the books. I highly recommend this book to everyone!
- Gunnar Creutz
- Gunnar Creutz
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
I first read this book when I was in year 7 or 8 at high school on a whim from the library. I loved it so much I promptly bought it and the rest of the series at that point. I have read the book so many times (and despite being exceedingly careful) that it is falling apart. I am trying to keep it safe because it is a non revised edition.
I love this book and its series, it's complex themes and plot that entwines past, present and future. It may not be immediately obvious why the past is being brought up, but believe me, on a recent reread of the entire series, I noticed a sentence in the second book is realised into plot over 8 books later. You can't read these books on their own and expect to understand them. They are a "series" in a true sense of the word.
Fantastic, can't say anything more to recommend them, and I am champing at the bit for the next one.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Before reading this novel, I had read Raymone E Feist, Janny wurts, J.V. Jones and David eddings. all very good authors. I read kerr's novel and was amazed. The world she was created was simply amazing. It was very unique compared to most fantasy novels and with that interesting semi-celtic / roman knot of interwoven stories it is quite a masterpiece. I consequently read all of her books and endeavoured to find out as much as i could about her and her world. i am quite a big fan now.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
brilliant series of fantasy books you have to read
good book, this is a series of books I started in the summer and having read all the current books in the series up to 2009 and as my local library does not keep the older books in... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. A. J. Gemmell
Interesting idea but very badly executed
This is one of the very few books that I have been unable to finish, I gave up on page 306 of 528. The idea of souls being reincarnated time and again and coming together in each... Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by Isobel Ayres
A promising start
This is the first book in Katharine Kerr's long-running series about Deverry and the Westlands. It introduces the three linked characters of Jill, Rhodry and Nevyn. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by A. L. Rutter
The Deverry Series
This first book in probably the best series in fantasy is definately worth the time to read. It will absorb you completely into this captivating world. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2008 by Ms. Sophie Louise Bennett
awesome start - intricate unique fantasy
The opening Deverry novel, Daggerspell, struck me straight away as a unique take on the fantasy genre. Read more
Published on 6 May 2008 by Toby Andersen
Unexpectedly enjoyable
I don't normally read fantasy. I was given a second hand copy of this book. I found it very entertaining, with some nice touches like the 'flashback' device used with reference to... Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2007 by Little Miss
Simply amazing
If you're not the sort to read a massive series of books then be warned this is not the book for you as this is the first in a series of 12. Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2006 by Alexa
Well worth the effort
Before you begin, it's as well to be warned - this is the first volume in a seriously epic series; currently the Deverry chronicles run to 12 books and there's another two on the... Read more
Published on 22 May 2006 by Ildrinn
Don't be fooled - it gets worse!
This is the first in an expanding series set in a cod-Celtic world focussed on the "kingdom" of Deverry. Read more
Published on 17 May 2001
I am astounded that only four reviews of this book have been
I have read and reread this book and the ones following so many times that they are part of my psyche. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2000 by Mrs. Jane H. Parker
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