Christa M. (Xa) reviewed on 12/8/2006 + 76 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I usually enjoy K. Kurtz's Deryni novels, but this one dragged. Very little focus was actually on toddler Alaric Morgan, but the events around him. The few times he does appear, he's precocious. His parents are saintly, the king has become a tragic figure, the Camberian Council is opaque and mysterious... The book fills in a lot of background for those obsessively keeping track of who married/murdered/hated/loved whom and when, but it doesn't have any characters who really make a connection to the reader.

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