ISBN: 0345259521
Godina izdanja: 1979
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Katherine Kurtz - Saint Camber, Volume II (In The Legends of Camber of Culdi)
Del Rey, 1979
445 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro-
Cover Art: Darrell K Sweet

The breathtaking history of the Deryni continues as the greatest hero of a medieval fantasy realm is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice

The evil king is dead, and thanks to the efforts of revered Deryni magic-user Camber of Culdi, a human liege occupies the throne of Gwynedd for the first time in nearly a century. The yoke of tyranny has finally been lifted from the shoulders of an oppressed people who suffered for decades under the cruelty of the ruling magical race. But Camber’s job remains unfinished. The dangerous remnants of a conquered enemy still mass at the borders. Worse still, the former monk and new ruler King Cinhil is desperately unhappy wearing the crown, and is resentful of all Deryni, Camber in particular, and their arcane abilities. Now, with the stability of a fragile kingdom at stake, its greatest champion must make the ultimate sacrifice: Camber of Culdi must cease to exist.

KIRKUS REVIEW
Kurtz`s popular Deryni series looks at first like any other quasi-medieval hokum involving such "arcane arts" as telepathy and weather-changing. What sets it apart is the bond that links the arcanely gifted Deryni and their often resentful human neighbors: the Roman Catholic faith. Saint Camber explores the aftermath of evil Deryni king Imre`s deposition by an alliance of Deryni and humans. Imre`s human successor, a former monk who bitterly regrets the abrogation of his vows, is on the point of breaking with his wisest adviser, the Deryni Earl Camber of Culdi. To retain his influential position, Camber changes shapes with a more trusted advisor who died in the recent battles--Father Alister Cullen. As a priest (and later a bishop), Camber must not only wrestle with his conscience as a layman performing unauthorized priestly functions; he also must witness the alarming spectacle of a movement to canonize the "dead" Camber. It`s a pity that this ingeniously developed situation is hampered by such plodding characterizations and uncertain prose. Nonetheless, the Deryni chronicles have more to them than most of the ilk.


Fiction, Fantasy