The Adept
core novel 1991 The Adept
Record
| First published | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.00 (1,856 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441003433 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Sir Adam Sinclair is a Scottish nobleman, physician and scholar who is also an Adept, a practitioner of ancient arts unknown to the twentieth century. He has lived many lives under many names, and his mission is to protect the Light from those who walk the Dark Roads. In modern Scotland an unholy cult of black magicians threatens the country he loves, and its members will commit any atrocity, including raising the dead, to reach their goals. With his friends, among them the portrait painter Peregrine Lovat, who senses echoes of Adam's past lives, Sinclair investigates as the mystery takes on life-and-death stakes.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Adept
- Series: The Adept core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Katherine Kurtz
- Author: Deborah Turner Harris
Notes
- First published as an Ace paperback original.
- 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 1 of 5: next The Lodge of the Lynx (1992)
Sources
- FantasticFiction, Adept series
- Mystery*File review
- AbeBooks listing (Ace, 1991)
- All Booked Up review
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