Death of an Adept
core novel 1996 The Adept
Record
| First published | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.10 (902 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441003679 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
Edinburgh baronet and psychiatrist Sir Adam Sinclair leads the Hunting Lodge, a band of practitioners of white magic. While he is in America to fetch his fiancee, Ximena, his longtime rival Francis Raeburn, a practitioner of black magic, seizes an ancient Pictish dagger in order to channel evil psychic energy. With it he summons William Lord Soulis, Scotland's notorious sorcerer, who demands a body in exchange for teaching Raeburn how to control demons. As Raeburn works with the Lodge of the Lynx, a group seeking to channel demonic power, Adam and his allies are drawn into a final conflict.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Adept
- Series: The Adept core; position 5 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Katherine Kurtz
- Author: Deborah Turner Harris
Notes
- Fifth and last novel in the series.
- From the series record (The Adept): Five novels about the Scottish Adept Sir Adam Sinclair and his battles against dark magicians in modern Scotland.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Adept: position 5 of 5: previous Dagger Magic (1995)
Sources
- FantasticFiction, Adept series
- Mystery*File review
- Publishers Weekly listing (Ace, 1996)
- Kirkus Reviews
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