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Summary: Read this book, you will enjoy it.
Review: This is one book you can unrepentantly recommend to any person, whether they are a fantasy reader or not. I have recommended this book to many many people, from all reading bacgrounds and never once have they come back dissapointed, usually they buy the next two.Ignore it's simplicity, it is a unique stroy, with characters that are engaging. Who doesen't want to read a book, every once in a while, where you can love to hate the bad guy and love to love the good guy! Ala star wars etc... As far as the non-glossed over view of the "Church", you might find that it simply reflects most of the very true documented history of the Catholic Church. It wholly enhances the read! Read and enjoy! BTW, don't let the old artwork throw you!
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Summary: A Great Start for a wonderful series.
Review: This was the first Katherine Kurtz novel I read. I fell so in love with it I went out and bought every book I could find by her. I fell in love with the characters and the way she made them so believable, and so real. Mrs. Kurtz introduces the royal house of Haldane is this novel, and their magical world. King Kelson is 14 and has lost his father and gained the throne. A good novel always contains the battle between good and evil, and this of course is present right along side the struggle for power. This is a very captivating story of magic, freindship, survival, and power. It will hold your attention from beginning to end and you won't want to put it down.
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Summary: A wonderful beginning
Review: Welcome to a world which is simular but different to our mediaeval past. In this world, the catholic is in power, and the Deryni lead a tenuis existance at best. While her ideas grow and devolope as she write, this book is a good beginning. A reviewer has said that this work is not as good as epic fantasy. Let's not forget that Epic Fantasy is a newer consept as such compared to Deryni Rising and other like books. Personally I get bored of rehashed plots like Eddings uses and bad writing as in TWOT after awhile. I digress however, the point is this books. It is not the best book ever wirtten, but the characters, sceens, and readability make it a worthwhile effort.
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