"DEATH TO ALL DERYNI!"

Once again the Kingdom of Gwynedd under young King Kelson found itself facing the horror of war between the Church and the Deryni.  And this time, there was also the threat of revolution.

Caitrin, Pretender Queen of Meara, was plotting to free Meara from its control by Gwynedd and make it an independent kingdom.

And ex-Archbishop Loris was once again free from his prison.  To him and the fanatics of the Church, the strange, magical powers of the Deryni were evil witchcraft.  Now, backed by six of the leading bishops of the land, he was conspiring to exterminate half-Deryni King Kelson and all his Deryni friends.

It looked as if even all the young King's Deryni powers might not be enough to save the peace of Gwynedd.

"AN INCREDIBLE HISTORICAL TAPESTRY OF A WORLD THAT NEVER WAS AND OF IMMENSELY VITAL PEOPLE WHO OUGHT TO BE!"
Anne McCaffrey

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A ROYAL TANGLE

In theory, young Kelson Haldane, King of Gwynedd and heir to both royal and Deryni magical powers, should have been the most fortunate man alive.  Instead, he found himself embroiled in the double ugliness of civil and religious war.

Ex-Archbishop Loris sought Kelson's death as a prelude to another long reign of terror, claiming that all Deryni talents were witchcraft from the Devil.  Allied to him, the Pretender Queen Caitrin led a rebellion designed to rip the province of Meara from the control of Gwynedd.

While Kelson led his forces against the armies of Loris and Caitrin, his uncle was facing other enemies bent on assassination and rebellion.  And a member of the mysterious Camberian Council was training one of Kelson's family in potential subversion.

In Gwynedd, being King and Deryni was no sinecure!

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THE IMPOSSIBLE SAINT

Time after time, the legendary Camber - one-time Saint of the half-magic race of Deryni - had intervened in the affairs of young Kelson, King of Gwynedd.  Yet Camber was known to have died two hundred years before!

Now Kelson set forth with his blood brother Dhugal to search out relics of this mysterious patron of his, leaving his uncle Nigel to rule in his absence.

Then word came that Kelson and Dhugal had fallen from a crumbling cliff during a storm.  No trace of their bodies could be found in the raging waters below.  The king was dead and Nigel must become king.

But to Conall, son of Nigel, the temptation of the throne was too great.  In rage, he struck down his father with secretly gained Deryni power.  Now he would be king!

But Conall had overlooked Saint Camber...

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