The Bastard Prince
novel 1994 Chronicles of the Deryni
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| Reader rating | 4.06 (1,585 ratings, collected 2026-11-06) |
| Page count | 421 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345332622 |
Synopsis
The third Heirs of Saint Camber novel (Del Rey hardcover, 10 May 1994) begins five and a half years after King Javan's Year. The Deryni pretender Prince Marek invades Gwynedd with Torenthi backing, and King Rhys Michael Haldane, long a puppet of his great lords, finally rides out to meet the threat. His allies awaken his Haldane powers, but the army is plagued by assassinations, and a parley with Prince Miklos ends in battle, where the king kills Miklos but is wounded. He dies at Saint Ostrythe's Convent after poor medical treatment. The northern lords and the Camberian Council then confront the great lords at the royal tomb, and Owain is crowned king.
Where it sits
- Universe: Chronicles of the Deryni
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Katherine Kurtz
Notes
- Part of the Heirs of Saint Camber trilogy; no matching series record in the data.
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 Chronicles of the Deryni (standalone work): position 12 of 16: previous King Javan's Year (1992) · next King Kelson's Bride (2000)
Sources
← Chronicles of the Deryni dossier · All universes
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