Childe Morgan

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**Childe Morgan**
Author	Katherine Kurtz
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	The Childe Morgan Trilogy
Genre(s)	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Ace Books
Released	2006
Media Type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	288pp (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN	ISBN 0-441-01282-5 (first edition, hardcover)
Preceded by	In the King's Service
Followed by	unknown title

Childe Morgan is a fantasy novel by American-born author Katherine Kurtz. It is scheduled to be published by Ace Books on December 5, 2006. It will be the fifteenth of Kurtz' Deryni novels to be published, and the second book in the fifth Deryni trilogy, the Childe Morgan trilogy. The events of this trilogy are a direct prequel to the first Deryni trilogy, the Chronicles of the Deryni.

[edit] Plot introduction

The novel is set in the land of Gwynedd, one of the fictional Eleven Kingdoms. Gwynedd itself is a medieval kingdom similar to the British Isles of the 11th century, with a powerful Holy Church (based on the Roman Catholic Church), and a feudal government ruled by a hereditary monarchy. The population of Gwynedd includes both humans and Deryni, a race of people with inherent physic and magical abilities who have persecuted and suppressed for almost two centuries. The novel will detail the early life of Alaric Morgan, a half-Deryni child chosen by King Donal Blaine Haldane to protect the royal legacy of arcane magic. However, Alaric is scorned by both humans and Deryni for his heritage, some of whom will stop at nothing to destroy the young boy.

[edit] Characters in Childe Morgan

King Donal Blaine Haldane: King of Gwynedd
Queen Richeldis MacFaolan-Gruffud: Queen of Gwynedd, wife of King Donal Blaine, mother of Prince Brion
Prince Brion of Gwynedd: Prince of Gwynedd, eldest son and heir of King Donal Blaine and Queen Richeldis
Lady Alyce de Corwyn: heiress to the Duchy of Corwyn, wife of Kenneth Morgan, mother of Alaric Morgan
Sir Kenneth Morgan: aide to King Donal Blaine, husband of Alyce de Corwyn, father of Alaric Morgan
Lord Alaric Morgan: hereditary Duke of Corwyn and Earl of Lendour, son of Kenneth Morgan and Alyce de Corwyn