This book came my way by an eBay seller who sent me a whole stack of her books in addition to my order of Anne McCaffrey collectibles, and so I was interested in reading.
It has been a LOT of years since I read this series but I found the core three books to be excellent. The prequel trilogy about the life and death of St Camber I remember to be solid as well. As the series expanded more into the life of Kelson, I lost interest.
Few authors treat the Church with honesty and respect as Kurtz has. Humans struggling with the political and religious influences behind the scenes. At the center of the saga are a handful of good men who are trying their best to navigate the troubled waters while remaining true to their faith.
I remember enjoying the first book shortly after it came out, especially how it treated its version of Catholicism with a modicum of respect - I never was nor am Roman Catholic, but seeing any new fantasy that showed Christianity both present and woven into the fictional culture was a novel thing (and still pretty rare in modern fantasy). By the third or fourth book, it looked like everyone important (certainly anyone with supernatural ability, including those claiming divine inspiration) was of Deryni ancestry (which was supposedly rare and persecuted), at which point I put it down and never returned. I'm too much of a fan of normal humans, I'm afraid.
The first three Deryni books were good, but left too much unanswered. Kurtz hinted at things that were then left ignored the rest of the book and never taken up in later books.
Unforgivable.
But, the first three books were indeed worthy of reading. Her later books lost whatever magic she had in writing the first three.
What you folk are describing in relationship to the Church resonates with what I am listening to on Audible. Vox Days Throne of Bones and Sea of skulls. Here you will also see the church treated with respect in a world definitely not earth. It is very difficult to do that in a fantasy context I believe but Vox does it well and it sounds like the writer you are describing does so also.
It has been a LOT of years since I read this series but I found the core three books to be excellent. The prequel trilogy about the life and death of St Camber I remember to be solid as well. As the series expanded more into the life of Kelson, I lost interest.
Few authors treat the Church with honesty and respect as Kurtz has. Humans struggling with the political and religious influences behind the scenes. At the center of the saga are a handful of good men who are trying their best to navigate the troubled waters while remaining true to their faith.
I remember enjoying the first book shortly after it came out, especially how it treated its version of Catholicism with a modicum of respect - I never was nor am Roman Catholic, but seeing any new fantasy that showed Christianity both present and woven into the fictional culture was a novel thing (and still pretty rare in modern fantasy). By the third or fourth book, it looked like everyone important (certainly anyone with supernatural ability, including those claiming divine inspiration) was of Deryni ancestry (which was supposedly rare and persecuted), at which point I put it down and never returned. I'm too much of a fan of normal humans, I'm afraid.
The first three Deryni books were good, but left too much unanswered. Kurtz hinted at things that were then left ignored the rest of the book and never taken up in later books.
Unforgivable.
But, the first three books were indeed worthy of reading. Her later books lost whatever magic she had in writing the first three.
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What you folk are describing in relationship to the Church resonates with what I am listening to on Audible. Vox Days Throne of Bones and Sea of skulls. Here you will also see the church treated with respect in a world definitely not earth. It is very difficult to do that in a fantasy context I believe but Vox does it well and it sounds like the writer you are describing does so also.