The Quest for Saint Camber
novel 1986 Chronicles of the Deryni
Record
| First published | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| Reader rating | 4.09 (3,947 ratings, collected 2026-11-06) |
| Page count | 435 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345318268 |
Synopsis
The third of the Histories of King Kelson novels (Ballantine hardcover, 1986) is set in 1125. Prince Conall Haldane kills his secret Deryni tutor, Tiercel de Claron, by shoving him down a staircase and hides the body in Rhemuth castle. When King Kelson's quest for relics of Saint Camber ends in a river accident that is presumed fatal, Conall seizes power as Prince Regent after incapacitating his uncle Nigel. Kelson survives, returns to expose Conall's treason, and defeats him in a Duel Arcane. Conall's treason is exposed only after Kelson returns from the quest and confronts him.
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 Histories of King Kelson 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 9 of 16: previous The King's Justice (1985) · next The Harrowing of Gwynedd (1989)
Sources
← Chronicles of the Deryni dossier · All universes
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