High Deryni
core novel 1973 Chronicles of the Deryni
Record
| First published | 1973 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (6,461 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 370 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441016709 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
High Deryni, third novel in the Chronicles of the Deryni, continues the story of the newly crowned King Kelson Haldane as he rules over Gwynedd, a kingdom split between ordinary humans and the persecuted, magically gifted Deryni. Kelson's reliance on Deryni counselors has provoked fierce resistance from religious and political factions within his own realm, and that opposition now hardens into open rebellion: the zealot Warin de Grey allies himself with the anti-Deryni Archbishop Edmund Loris in a bid to seize a ducal capital and challenge the crown's authority directly. At the same moment, King Wencit of Torenth, a sorcerer-king from the neighboring realm, threatens invasion from without.
Where it sits
- Universe: Chronicles of the Deryni
- Series: The Chronicles of the Deryni core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Katherine Kurtz
Awards (verified)
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (Adult Literature), 1974: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (The Chronicles of the Deryni): The original Deryni trilogy, the first 3 Deryni novels Kurtz published. The wider Deryni setting later grew to further trilogies (Camber of Culdi, Childe Morgan) and additional novels/collections spanning decades -- deliberately not researched or registered, out of scope for now.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Chronicles of the Deryni: position 3 of 3: previous Deryni Checkmate (1972)
- Internal chronology, within Chronicles of the Deryni: position 7 of 9: previous Childe Morgan (2006) · next Camber the Heretic (1981)
Sources
← Chronicles of the Deryni dossier · All universes
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