King Kelson's Bride: A Novel of the Deryni - Hardcover

Kurtz, Katherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0441007325 ISBN 13: 9780441007325

Publisher: Ace Hardcover, 2000

Synopsis

In the epic conclusion of the best-selling Deryni series, political power meets its match in the power of magic as time approaches for the king's wedding. By the author of The Quest for Saint Camber.

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Review:

When we first met Kelson (in Kurtz's debut novel, Deryni Rising), he was fourteen and about to ascend to the throne of Gwynedd, the medieval realm that never was, where a small minority of the populace, the Deryni, have magical abilities.

Many novels later, King Kelson--in whom the Deryni blood flows strong--has come fully into his power and it is time to marry and begin the serious business of begetting heirs. Aficionados of The Deryni Chronicles will know that marriage and Kelson don't mix: his first betrothed was murdered on their wedding day and his second was tricked into marrying another. Now the young heir of Torenth, a rival kingdom, is about to be crowned, and securing Kelson's succession has become a matter of urgency--and intrigue. Kelson's mother, his friends, his ex-fiancée, the mysterious Camberian Council, rival powers, and friendly allies all have their own candidates and agendas. With the future of Gwynedd at stake, Kelson has to learn to trust his enemies, use all his magic and might, and find a middle path between his duty as king and his feelings as a man. The king, like the author, succeeds admirably. --Luc Duplessis

About the Author:

Katherine Kurtz has been writing fantasy for well over twenty-five years. She is married and lives in a renovated castle in the south of Ireland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Hardcover
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0441007325
• ISBN 13: 9780441007325
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 387