but young Jill has no idea what the destiny has in store for her. Their magical presence in her life marks her out as different special. Her epic Deverry series has won widespread praise and millions of fans around. She has read extensively in the fields of classical archeology, and medieval and dark ages history and literature, and these influences are clear in her work.
Jill's only friends are the mysterious spirits known as Wildfolk: gnomes, sylphs, sprites and undines. Katharine Kerr was born in Ohio, and moved to San Francisco Bay Area in 1962, where she has lived ever since.
After her mother died when she was young, father and girl took to the road, living from town to town, never settling. Jill is the daughter of a Silver Dagger, a band of wandering swordsmen who fight for money, not honour. A wait that may soon finally come to an end. He waits for the one who might break him free of his prison. The powerful sorcerer Nevyn broke a promise long ago and a curse has trapped him ever since. 'I was hooked and my enthusiasm for this series carried me through to the very last and then moved me to tears' - Fantasy Book ReviewĪ broken promise, a curse and a magic beyond imagining. For long-standing fans of Deverry and those who have yet to experience this exciting series, Daggerspell is a rare and special treat.Prepare to be spellbound by a sparkling fantasy classic: a tale of adventure and timeless love, perilous battle and pure magic.
Here in this newly revised edition comes the incredible novel that began one of the best-loved fantasy seers in recent years-a tale of bold adventure and timeless love, perilous battle and pure magic. and a quest to fulfill the destinies determined centuries ago. Then and there he vowed never to rest until he'd rightened that wrong-and laid the foundation for the lives of Jill and all those whom she would hold dear: her father, the mercenary soldier Cullyn the exiled berserker Rhodry Maelwaedd and the ancient and powerful herbman Nevyn, all bound in a struggle against darkness. Four hundred years-and many lifetimes-ago, one selfish young lord caused the death of two innocent lovers. Little did she know her extraordinary friends represented but a glimpse of a forgotten past and a fateful future. “This grand saga is by a wide margin the best Celtic fantasy around.”- Chicago Sun-TimesĮven as a young girl, Jill was a favorite of the magical, mysterious Wildfolk, who appeared to her from their invisible realm.
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