First of a series within a series: Although set within Kerr's
existing Celtic fantasy world of Deverry (A Time of Omens, 1992,
etc.), this one kicks off a new set of characters and doings.
Again, the struggles of the past reverberate down the ages, and the
chief characters - such as the mysterious "dweomermaster," Nevyn -
exist in multiple reincarnations. Long ago in the time of the Civil
Wars, young, magically talented Lillorigga quarrels with her cruel
and manipulative mother, Merodda; in the present, Merodda will he
reincarnated as Raena, the Raven Woman, deadly foe of the
half-elfin hero Rhodry Maelwaedd. More of the usual. (Kirkus
Reviews)
A new chapter of the history of the kingdom of Deverry – an ideal starting point for newcomers to Katharine Kerr's gorgeous epic; and a satisfying continuation of the saga for those readers who have followed the series through its previous incarnations.
In Cengram, Rhodry of the silver daggers – half-elven, half-human – is best by strange dreams. A dark-haired enchantress, the Raven Woman, is haunting his sleep, and he can find no release, even in the arms of Dallandra, his lover.
Little does he know that his feud with the Raven Woman goes back over three hundred years, to a time when the throne of Deverry stood under threat of civil war. In those days, the young king's cousin, Lilli, was forced by her scheming mother to scry for omens, and she saw terrible visions: great red wyverns sweeping down from the mountains to plunge like hawks upon a herd of feeding swine…
The fancies of an idle mind? Or omens foretelling bloodshed and disaster for the clan of the Boar?
"An unusually scholarly writer of fantasy"
DAILY TELEGRAPH
"One of the top fantasists of her generation”
INTERZONE
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