The Red Wyvern
Book One of The Dragon Mage
A new chapter of the history of the kingdom of Deverry – an ideal
starting point for newcomers to Katherine Kerr's gorgeous epic, and a
satisfying continuation of the saga for those readers who have followed
the series through its previous incarnations.
In Cengarn, Rhodry of the silver daggers – half-elven,
half-human – is beset by strange dreams. A dark-haired enchantress,
the Raven Woman, is haunting his sleep, and he can find no release,
even in the arms of Dallandra, his lover.
Little does he know that his feud with the Raven Woman
goes back over three hundred years, to a time when the throne of
Deverry stood under threat of civil war. In those days, the young
king's cousin, Lilli, was forced by her scheming mother to scry for
omens, and she saw terrible visions: great red wyverns sweeping down
from the mountains to plunge like hawks upon a herd of feeding swine...
The fancies of an idle mind? Or omens foretelling bloodshed and disaster for the clan of the Boar?
Katharine Kerr
Katharine Kerr was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1944 to a family which considered itself British-in-exile far more than American. In 1962, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, and has lived there ever since.
In 1979 a friend gave Katherine her first fantasy role-playing game. She became so intrigued with gaming and with the fantasy field that she began writing articles for gaming magazines, and for some time was a contributing editor to ‘Dragon’ magazine, as well as devising gaming modules. Now, however, she is devoting herself exclusively to fiction.
Deverry Series
Deverry Series consists of fifteen primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Related series The Justice War