Dawnspell

Dawnspell
Katharine Kerr

Book Three of the celebrated Deverry series, an epic fantasy rooted in Celtic mythology that intricately interweaves human and elven history over several hundred years.‘A cracking read’SFXAn end to exile, heroes scattered and darkness rising… When Jill and Rhodry are forced apart by unexpected circumstance, Rhodry vows to find her, no matter what it takes. But before he can, he disappears. With his brother injured, Rhodry is next in line to rule. As Deverry’s peace hanging in the balance, the king lifts Rhodry’s exile and bids him return home before it is too late. And so it falls to Jill to save the land and the man she loves. Though her magic is strong, this challenge will test her utterly: for there are those who would see Rhodry gone forever and the fragile peace of the kingdom broken at last. Dawnspell is the third book in the Deverry series. Prepare to be spellbound by a sparkling fantasy classic: a tale of adventure and timeless love, perilous battle and pure magic.

KATHARINE KERR

Dawnspell

The Bristling Wood

For the profit of kins, well did he attack the hosts of the

country, the bristling wood of spears, the grievous

flood of the enemy…

The Gododdin of Aneirin, Stanza A84

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First published in Great Britain by GraftonBooks 1989

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In memoriam

Raymond Earle Kerr, Jr, 1917–87,

an officer and a gentleman

Contents

Cover (#ub5de47bd-7c74-5686-9be0-d67b0eddc228)

Title Page (#ue5f23a8c-de88-5555-95aa-7fb3c696101f)

Copyright (#u8f529248-0307-5967-af00-0f57fb7fcbf4)

Note to Readers (#u306bd6a9-d38d-5eba-bae3-d8e0734db859)

Epigraph (#u8ce79846-7034-5456-8257-da9067d83068)

A Note on the Pronunciation of Deverry Words (#ucd270d28-32b9-5659-bc1d-b16583e7506f)

Prologue: Spring, 1063 (#ubd13812e-97c1-584b-ac69-7d4efab5e48e)

Part One: Deverry and Pyrdon, 833–845 (#u97f23b5f-a62f-503f-8fc3-c5b6fcdebb3a)

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