King Javan’s Year (86 page)

Authors: Katherine Kurtz

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RHEMUTH
âancient capital of Gwynedd under the Haldanes; abandoned during the Festillic Interregnum; restored under Cinhil and Alroy; secondary archbishopric for Gwynedd, junior to Valoret.

RHENDALL
âlake region north of Gwynedd; territorial title given to the heir of the Duke of Claibourne.

SAINT MARK
'
S ABBEY
âmonastery near Valoret.

SAINT NEOT
'
S ABBEY
âstronghold of the Order of Saint Gabriel the Archangel, an all-Deryni esoteric Order specializing in the training of Healers; located in the Lendour highlands; destroyed by troops led by the Regent Rhun on Christmas Eve, 917.

SHEELE
âseat of the Earldom of Sheele, north of Valoret.

STAVENHAM
âepiscopal see in the far north of Kheldour.

TORENTH
âpowerful kingdom to the east of Gwynedd; origin of the Festillic line, who were rulers of Gwynedd 822â904; currently ruled by King Arion.

VALORET
âFestillic capital of Gwynedd, 822â904, from which springs the primacy of its archbishop.

About the Author

Katherine Kurtz was born in Coral Gables, Florida, during a hurricane. She received a four-year science scholarship to the University of Miami and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry. Medical school followed, but after a year she decided she would rather write about medicine than practice it. A vivid dream inspired Kurtz's Deryni novels, and she sold the first three books in the series on her first submission attempt. She soon defined and established her own sub-genre of “historical fantasy” set in close parallels to our own medieval period featuring “magic” that much resembles extrasensory perception.

While working on the Deryni series, Kurtz further utilized her historical training to develop another sub-genre she calls “crypto-history,” in which the “history behind the history” intertwines with the “official” histories of such diverse periods as the Battle of Britain (
Lammas Night
), the American War for Independence (
Two Crowns for America
), contemporary Scotland (The Adept Series, with coauthor Deborah Turner Harris), and the Knights Templar (also with Harris).

In 1983, Kurtz married the dashing Scott MacMillan; they have a son, Cameron. Until 2007, they made their home in Ireland, in Holybrooke Hall, a mildly haunted gothic revival house, They have recently returned to the United States and taken up residence in a historic house in Virginia, with their five Irish cats and one silly dog. (The ghosts of Holybrooke appear to have remained behind.)

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Map by Shelly Shapiro

Cover design by Michel Vrana

ISBN: 978-1-5040-3126-4

This edition published in 2016 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

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