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  Chronicles of the Deryni: Book 1

  Deryni Rising

  by Katherine Kurtz

  For more than 30 years, the Deryni Chronicles have transported readers to a world of secret sorcery and courtly intrigue. Deryni Rising, the first book in the series, launched Katherine Kurtz's phenomenal, bestselling career. Now, with this special edition, including a new introduction by the author, fans of the series can revel anew in the dawning of an epic...
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  King Kelson: Book 3

  Quest for Saint Camber

  by Katherine Kurtz

  When young Kelson, King of Gwynedd is reported drowned in a search for the legendary Saint Camber, Nigel was deemed to be king. But his son, Conoll, was too jealous and struck down his own father. Conoll had forgotten Saint Camber....
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  Chronicles of the Deryni: Book 2

  Deryni Checkmate

  by Katherine Kurtz

  More than thirty years ago, Katherine Kurtz changed the face of fantasy with the Deryni Chronicles. Revolving around the politics and passions of a world suspicious of magic, the novels were the first steps in Kurtz's remarkable career. Now, in hardcover for the first time, here is a newly revised and expanded edition of the second book in the classic series, Deryni Checkmate .
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  Heart of Darkness

  by Joseph Conrad

  Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness was first published in 1899 in serial form in London’s Blackwood’s Magazine. Loosely based on Conrad’s firsthand experience of rescuing a company agent from a remote station in the heart of the Congo, the novel is considered a literary bridge between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. With its modern literary approach to questions such as the ambiguous nature of good and... (more)
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  Chronicles of the Deryni: Book 3

  High Deryni

  by Katherine Kurtz

  With young King Kelson on the throne of Gwynedd, the priesthood of the Eleven Kingdoms felt its control deeply threatened. For Kelson was half Deryni -- part of that race of humans gifted with extrasensory powers...a race that had ruled two centuries earlier, but was dethroned and driven underground. Now, the final battle for ultimate power was about to break into open conflict, led by the Church which equated the... (more)
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  King Kelson: Book 2

  King's Justice

  by Katherine Kurtz

  Young Kelson Haldane, King of Gwynedd, heir to both royal and Deryni magical powers, was still no match for ex-Archbishop Loris and the Pretender Queen Caitrin who sought his death. Yet, he raised an army against them both, knowing that honor made defeat impossible....
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  Legends of Camber of Culdi: Book 1

  Camber of Culdi

  by Katherine Kurtz, Katherine Kurtz

  Camber was the greatest of the Deryni who wanted to retire. But it was not to be. The kingdom of Gwynedd groaned under the tyranny of Imre and his sister and mistress, Ariella. And when Camber learned that Cinhil Haldane, a descendant of the previous kings, still lived, he was determined to set him on the throne in place of the evil ones....
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  Legends of Camber of Culdi: Book 3

  Camber the Heretic

  by Katherine Kurtz

  King Cinhil, who had assured peace between the Deryni and humans in Gwynedd, was dying. And the regents who were set to rule in the place of his sickly son were evil men who could very well undo all that Cinhil had accomplished. Once they ruled, no Deryni would be safe. The only hope lay in a discovery that blocked off all Deryni talents, enabling them to go underground and appear as humans. But that meant that... (more)
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  The Heirs of Saint Camber: Book 1

  The Harrowing of Gwynedd

  by Katherine Kurtz

  Evil times had come for rthe Deryni, the humans with strange, magical powers. The Regents of the boy-king Alroy sought their destruction. And now Bishop Alister Cullen was dead, depriving the Deryni of their greatest friend. But no one could be sure he was really dead. His body lay unchanged and incorruptible. As those questions remained unanswered, the effort to save Deryni had to continue. In the meanwhile,... (more)
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  The Heirs of Saint Camber: Book 2

  King Javan's Year

  by Katherine Kurtz

  With young young King Alroy on his deathbed, the power-hungry Regents are plotting to keep the legitimate heir from ascending the thrown. But Prince Javan is a formidable opponent. And the Regents vow to stop at nothing to wrest back control of Gwynedd. To prevail against the Regents, to rule his kingdom justly, and even to live, Javan has to be strong. He has to be clever. And he has to be very lucky indeed...
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  King Kelson: Book 1

  Bishop's Heir

  by Katherine Kurtz

  Once again the Kingdom of Gwynedd under young King Kelson found itself facing the horror of war between the Church and the Deryni. As the Pretender Queen plotted to free Meara from Gwynedd's control, and the ex-Archbishop hatched a devious plan, it looked like the peace of Gwynedd was to be a thing of the past....
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  Deryni Tales

  by Katherine Kurtz

  Filled with richly drawn characters and unforgettable intrigues, Katherine Kurtz's Deryni novels inspired some of her most devoted fans to write their own Deryni tales-and Kurtz has collected eight of her favorites in this exciting anthology. Deryni Tales is a heartfelt tribute to the world she created-from the devoted fans who have made it their own.
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  Legacy of Lehr

  by Katherine Kurtz

  When four large blue cats with psychic powers come aboard an interstellar luxury cruiser, a rash of murders breaks out.
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  Legends of Camber of Culdi: Book 2

  Saint Camber

  by Katherine Kurtz

  When Camber of Buidi, master of arcane Deryni powers, led a successful revolution against Imre, his sister Ariella, plotted war against Cinhill, her brother's successor. But Cinhill didn't want a fight, he didn't want power, and it was up to Camber to save crown and country....
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  The Reluctant Fundamentalist

  by Mohsin Hamid

  At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful meeting . . . Changez is living an immigrant’s dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by the elite "valuation" firm of Underwood Samson. He thrives on the energy of New York, and his infatuation with... (more)
• DERYNI RISING by Kurtz, KatherineKatherine Kurtz

  

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  DERYNI RISING by Kurtz, Katherine

  by Katherine Kurtz

• Camber of Culdi (Legends of Camber of Culdi) by Kurtz, KatherineEnid Blyton

  

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  Camber of Culdi (Legends of Camber of Culdi) by Kurtz, Katherine

  by Enid Blyton

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  Camber of Heretic (Legends of Camber of Culdi, volume 3)

  by Katherine Kurtz

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  Heart of Darkness / The Secret Sharer

  by Joseph Conrad

  Two of Conrad’s BEST-KNOWN works—in a single volume In this pair of literary voyages into the inner self, Joseph Conrad has written two of the most chilling, disturbing, and noteworthy pieces of fiction of the twentieth century.
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  Chronicles of the Deryni

  The Chronicles of the Deryni

  Deryni Rising, Deryni Checkmate & High Deryni

  by Katherine Kurtz

  Once, the Deryni had ruled the Gwynedd, but their abuses led to their overthrow by the humans, thanks to the aid of Saint Camber of Culdi, a Deryni himself. For centuries since then, the Deryni have been outcast -- their supra-normal powers of mind-reading and magic outlawed by the Church, and their race anathema. But now, with the assassination of King Brion, there are Deryni who hope to see their kind regain the... (more)