- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Legend paperbacks; New edition edition (3 Jan 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099710706
- ISBN-13: 978-0099710707
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 770,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The first volume of a trilogy. Evil times have come for the Deryni, the race of humans with strange magical powers. The weak boy-king Alroy reigns, but is dominated by the Regents, evil power-hungry men who seek the destruction of all Deryni. The fight for survival is desperate.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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After the death of yet another king the control of Gwynedd passes to a new leader, but in name only. The regents use the prevailing Deryni-hating mood in the kingdom to seize the reins of power and they use the king as a puppet. For the rightful rulers to retake control, sacrifice and cunning will be needed...
After the downbeat ending to the previous series The Legends of Camber Of Culdi, the main characters find themselves in even greater danger. Each success is hard-earned, only for another even greater obstacle to be placed in their way. The odds against the Haldane kings returning to power are heavily stacked. Everyone they can turn to for help is corrupt. Surrounded on all sides, drugged and cowed, their goal seems impossible, triumphs are limited and those who are corrupt often win out over those who are good. This is fictional history at its best and most believable.
The only minor fault with the series is its increasing impenetrability for new readers. It would be hard to read this series without having read some of the others. Of course for Deryni fans, this is no problem and this is one of the finest of the trilogies.
After the downbeat ending to the previous series The Legends of Camber Of Culdi, the main characters find themselves in even greater danger. Each success is hard-earned, only for another even greater obstacle to be placed in their way. The odds against the Haldane kings returning to power are heavily stacked. Everyone they can turn to for help is corrupt. Surrounded on all sides, drugged and cowed, their goal seems impossible, triumphs are limited and those who are corrupt often win out over those who are good. This is fictional history at its best and most believable.
The only minor fault with the series is its increasing impenetrability for new readers. It would be hard to read this series without having read some of the others. Of course for Deryni fans, this is no problem and this is one of the finest of the trilogies.
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More to come?
27 Dec 2002
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This was an excellent book. I hope that this won't be the end of this generation of characters in the Deryni series. All of Ms. Kurtz novels feature main characters of strong moral value, and this is not an exception. This is a novel full of the usual well written and thought out scenes, and strong charaters. It is, as are of her Ms. Kurtz books enjoyable and believable. It has a good number of surprises as well, and it's own fair share of suspense and intrigue. The charaters struggle and risk all they have for what the feel is the greater good. They stop at nothing to do what is right, and accomplish it while attempting to hurt as few others along the way as possible. this is a page turner of a book. It won't dissapoint.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
One of the better of the Deryni series
26 Sep 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have mixed feelings about the Deryni series. At it's best it is very authentic, mixing a very detailed pseudo-pagan medievalism with a well thought out magical system. It fails sometimes though in the characterizations and motivations and gets rather gimmicky and embarrassingly self-imitative at times. But this book is not one of those. The books featuring St Camber and his children and the beginning of the Haldane line are generally quite fun and illustrate medieval religious issues in a fantasy format. I haven't come across too many books that deal with the issue of Sainthood in an almost physical way, which is odd because there are so many medieval based fantasy characters out there. Or if I have come across fantasy books featuring the issue of Sainthood they must have been so bad I can't remember any of them. This one is good. All the more so since it studies a character who was both admirable and interesting. And as I remember it, it's been awhile, the plot has some surprising quirks. You might want to read the three previous books that feature Camber himself, or you might want to let this story introduce you to the legend.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The Harrowing Of Gwynedd
22 Dec 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I applaud Katherine Kurtz's ability to introduce her characters to all readers so that they feel like family. I was moved to tears by the ending of this novel, yet was left with a smile on my face. I can only say that this is a MUST read for deryni fans, and everyone else on the planet as well. The heirs of Saint Camber is a stunning example of a fantasy series that, in another time, could be true.
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