The Bishop's HeirA powerful cleric plots the ultimate treason against a medieval realm’s young king in Katherine Kurtz’s breathtaking return to the fantasy world of the Deryni For centuries, a powerful faction of the Holy Church in Gwynedd has been at war with the Deryni, the mysterious race whose magic is despised and feared by those who lack their remarkable arcane abilities. The bloodshed ended with the coronation of the popular young King Kelson Haldane, himself a possessor of Deryni magic—but the peace is short-lived. Dark rumblings of secession are coming from northern Meara as support strengthens for Caitrin Quinnell, the cunning and ruthless pretender queen. But an even greater threat is emerging from the shadows of orthodoxy. The treacherous Edmund Loris, onetime Archbishop of Valoret and the Deryni’s most virulent foe, has escaped from confinement—and, with a cabal of like-minded conspirators, is preparing to undertake an act of blackest treason: the craven murder of Gwynedd’s rightful liege. With the first book in the Histories of King Kelson trilogy, acclaimed fantasist Katherine Kurtz continues her sweeping and magnificent history of a feudal society on an alternate medieval Earth—a complex world of war, political intrigue, faith, romance, and magic, where the courageous and enlightened are called upon to take up arms against the entrenched forces of ignorance and intolerance. |
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Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment | |
they have made princes and I knew | |
they delight in lies | |
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter but war was in his heart | |
Yet was she carried away she went into captivity | |
nothing worth | |
art troubled | |
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He that justifieth the wicked and he that condemneth the just even they | |
And I shall even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness | |
but a broken spirit drieth | |
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee | |
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels | |
But thou mastering thy power judgest with equity and orderest us with great | |
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They fall into many actions and businesses and are void of sense and when | |
the | |
Hebrews | |
For the Lord delighteth in thee and thy land shall be married | |
The Festillic Kings of Gwynedd and Their Descendants | |
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Alaric Alaric Morgan altar Archbishop Arilan bishop blood border bowed Bradene breath Brice Brion brother Caball Caitrin Camber Camberian Council Cardiel Caulay chair Ciard clasp cloak closed Conall consecration Corwyn court Creoda Culdi Denis Denis Arilan Deryni Dhassa Dhugal Duke Duncan Duncan McLain Eastmarch Edmund Loris Ewan eyes face father fingers gasped gaze glanced going Gorony grin Gwynedd hair Haldane hand horse Istelyn Ithel Jamyl Jehana Jodrell Jorian Judhael KATHERINE KURTZ Kelson replied Kierney king king's knew lady Laran Llewell look Lord Loris MacArdry magic marriage McLain Meara merasha Meraude mind Morgan muttered never Nigel night nodded Nore perhaps priest prince Ratharkin rest Rhemuth Richenda ring royal Saint Saint Camber Saint Giles shields shook his head shoulder Sicard Sidana sighed Sire sleep smile softly stared sword thought Torenth Transha Trurill turned whispered wine young