Deryni Rising: Volume I of the Chronicles of the Deryni

Katherine Kurtz

ISBN 10: 0345347633 / ISBN 13: 9780345347633

Published by Ballantine, New York, 1986

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mass market paperback 271 pp. The book appears to have not been read. The cover is clean with no marks, bends, folds, or but there is a tear to the bottom of the back cover near the spine. The corners are sharp as when the book came off the press. The gloss is intact on the cover. From the back cover: ?A sweeping tale of romance and sorcery set in the imaginary kingdom of Gwynedd ? where the mysterious forces of magic and the superior power of the Church combine to challenge the rule of young Kelson, who came to the throne when his father was brutally murdered by the sorceress Charissa. The fate of the Deryni ? a quasi-mortal race of xorcerers ? and indeed, the fate of the Eleven Kingdoms rests on Kelson?s ability to quash the rebellion by fair means or foul?even by the proscribed use of magic!? This launched Kurtz?s writing career. Originally issued as part of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deryni Rising: Volume I of the Chronicles of the Deryni
• Publisher: Ballantine, New York
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345347633
• ISBN 13: 9780345347633
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Darrell K. Sweet(cover)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

In the kingdom of Gwynedd, the mysterious forces of magic and the superior power of the Church combine to challenge the rule of young Kelson. Now the fate of the Deryni -- a quasi-mortal race of sorcerers -- and, indeed, the fate of all the Eleven Kingdoms, rests on Kelson's ability to quash the rebellion by any means necessary . . . including the proscribed use of magic!

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om of Gwynedd, the mysterious forces of magic and the superior power of the Church combine to challenge the rule of young Kelson. Now the fate of the Deryni -- a quasi-mortal race of sorcerers -- and, indeed, the fate of all the Eleven Kingdoms, rests on Kelson's ability to quash the rebellion by any means necessary . . . including the proscribed use of magic!