Book description
Book twelve of the celebrated Deverry series, an epic fantasy rooted in
Celtic mythology that intricately interweaves human and elven history
over several hundred years.
The powerful dweomermaster Nevyn has been reincarnated, but young Neb
knows nothing of his previous life. Orphaned following a cholera
epidemic, Neb and his younger brother arrive at the desolate farm of
their last living relative and soon learn that a worse plague lurks
beyond the western border of Deverry.
The savage Horsekin tribes, spurred on by their new goddess, Alshandra,
are raiding the villages and taking slaves as the first step in their
plans to destroy both the nomadic Westfolk and the Deverrian farmers.
Neb finds love and danger as he and his soulmate Branna are drawn
inexorably into a war for the survival of the kingdom itself.
Although they have powerful allies in the Westfolk dweomermasters
Dallandra and Salamander, they are also facing mighty enemies, enemies
that they have fought before in the past lives that they no longer remember…
Intricately interweaving human and elvish history over several hundred
years, Katharine Kerr's enthralling and moving tale of extraordinary
characters living their many lives through exceptional times is epic
fantasy on truly a grand scale. Praise for Katharine Kerr and the
Deverry novels:
'An unusually scholarly writer of fantasy' Telegraph
'Much as I dislike comparing anything to The Lord of the Rings, I have
to admit that on this occasion it's justified' Interzone
'Kerr is a master of her trade…She has created a world that might very
well go on for ever, and this one reader sincerely hopes it does' Vector
'An extensive and complete world, whose endlessly fascinating details
grow book by book' Starlog Born in Ohio, 1944, Katharine Kerr moved to
the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and has lived there ever since. She
has read extensively in the fields of classical archaeology, and
medieval and Dark Ages history and literature, and these influences are
clear in her work. Her epic Deverry series has won widespread praise and
millions of fans around the world.
