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In high deryni by katherine kurtz book 1 of the chronicles of deryni, young king kelson now sits on the throne in gwynedd and the priesthood of the eleven kingdoms is fearing loss of power. The first novel in the series to be published was deryni rising in 1970, and. Deryni checkmate audiobook katherine kurtz audible. In order to claim the throne of gwynedd, young kelson haldane had. The novels of the deryni according to internal chronology.
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