Daggerspell

BOOK ONE IN THE MAGICAL DEVERRY CYCLE

Prepare to be spellbound by a sparkling fantasy classic: a tale of adventure and timeless love, perilous battle and pure magic.

‘I was hooked and my enthusiasm for this series carried me through to the very last and then moved me to tears’ – Fantasy Book Review

‘A cracking read’ – SFX

A broken promise, a curse and a magic beyond imagining…

The powerful sorcerer Nevyn broke a promise long ago and a curse has trapped him ever since. He waits for the one who might break him free of his prison. A wait that may soon finally come to an end.

Jill is the daughter of a Silver Dagger, a band of wandering swordsmen who fight for money, not honour. After her mother died when she was young, father and girl took to the road, living from town to town, never settling.

Jill’s only friends are the mysterious spirits known as Wildfolk: gnomes, sylphs, sprites and undines. Their magical presence in her life marks her out as different; special. but young Jill has no idea what the destiny has in store for her.

Reviews

Praise for the Deverry series:

‘A criminally under-rated and overlooked epic fantasy sequence [with] a keen sense of history, well drawn characters, and a complex plot’ Kate Elliott, author of the Spiritwalker Trilogy

‘I was hooked and my enthusiasm for this series carried me through to the very last and then moved me to tears’ Fantasy Book Review

About the author

Katharine Kerr was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a contributing editor to Dragon magazine, and devised role-playing game modules. Her epic Deverry series has won widespread praise and millions of fans around the world. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, Howard.