About the book: 2002 / Only two years of peaceful life fell to Gwynned after the victory over Vencitus of Torent. A new threat loomed from the west: Meara, which became a protectorate of Gwynnedd about a century ago, began the struggle for independence and restoration of its royal dynasty. The deposed Valoret Archbishop Edmund Loris also fled there, fiercely hating all Deryni in general and King Kelson in particular. Disagreements over the election of the Bishop of Meara become the first stone that sets off an avalanche of internecine war…