Excellent character development and realistic dialogue.
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The book DERYNI RISING is an excellent read for people who enjoy fantasy books. The author develops characters incredibly well until the reader feels like he/she knows them. Also, the book gives the reader insight into the workings of the Catholic Church and also a flavoring of Latin. The dialouge is very realistic and evokes a wide range of emotions from laughter to tears. The events in the book touch on almost every emotion imaginable from fear to joy to grief. Over all it is an excellent read, and it will draw the reader into the entire series!!!
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Be prepared to enjoy
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I was first introduced to Katherine Kurtz and the world of the Deryni when a friend loaned me a copy of this book back in '78. He said that he thought I'd enjoy it. I enjoyed it so much that I read it twice... It's a mixture of medieval sword and sorcery, with strong religous ceremony, in a plot that moves along nicely, keeping you enthralled to the end. However, this is just the first volume in a first trilogy of stories of the Deryni, a human race with magical powers, which just gets better and better. Since I bought the three books in this trilogy, I have read them several times, including on honeymoon, where my wife also read and enjoyed them. (Hey, you've got to have something to read when lazing by the pool!) I don't often read books more than once, but I know I'll read these again. When I relocated from Scotland to the U.S. I was severely limited in what could be taken. From my large collection of books, I kept my Asimov and my Kurtz Deryni books. Nuff said!
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A good book that begins a wonderful series.
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On its own, Deryni Rising would merit a 6 -- there are undeniable plot difficulties and the sort of inconsistencies and unanswered questions that often accompany the development of a new world. Nevertheless, Kurtz creates three-dimensional, intriguing characters -- I have yet to meet someone who didn't get caught up in the trials of young Kelson and his advisor, Alaric Morgan. Even better, Kurtz improves dramatically in her later books, which are among the best medieval fiction I have ever read.
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This is where the Deryni unverse begins....
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This is the story of King Kelson Haldane who assumes the throne at age 14, after witnessing his father's murder. Treachery surrounds the young king, as a Deryni sorceress challenges him for the throne. His only help is Morgan, a half Deryni chief advisor, who must help the boy assume his own sorcerer's powers. While the hostile regency council, led by the Church, which has presecuted the Deryni for 200 years, is trying to destroy Morgan. This is where the Deryni universe begins. It is Miss Kurtz's first novel in the series and it shows. This book is written more toward the adolesence than the adult reader. But from an embryonic start, the Deryni universe blossoms wonderfully in subsequent novels, as Miss Kurtz's writing skills improve dramatically.
Read this book for that very reason, it is just the beginning and things do get a lot better.
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Welcome to the first book in an u unforgettable series!
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In a fantasy world similar to medieval Britain the Deryniare outcast. Their telepathic and other "magical" powersare condemned by the church as work of the devil. They arefeared, shunned and oftentimes burned at the stake.At last, two hundred years after massive persecutions, theDeryni are rising once more. Under royal protection the halfDeryni Duke Alaric Anthony Morgan gains a degree ofacceptance when the hatered of religious zealots and thescheming of an ambitious sorceress threaten to end hisefforts... and his life.Beware! Once started this series is addictive! The writingand the plot grow more gripping by the chapter. You may experience a compultion to read and re-read these books lateinto the night.
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