A Time of Exile (Deverry Series, Book Five)
by Katharine Kerr
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Author: Katharine KerrEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1992-07-01
ISBN: 0553298135
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Spectra
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Book Review: Go West, young Rhodry!
Summary: 5 Stars
In contrast to the previous book, "The Dragon Revenant," which took place entirely in the 'present,' "A Time of Exile" takes places almost entirely in the past. Moreover, it skips pretty far back in time, to events we've already seen from Nevyn's perspective, and tells us what was happening in the Westlands at that time. This is the real start of the weaving of timelines; up until now, the flashbacks have been fairly linear. Now we're jumping all over the place, and all over the map, too. I happen to love this; I can understand, however, if some people give up in hopeless confusion.
We open about forty years after the close of "Revenant," which had Rhodry inheriting the powerful title of Gwerbret of Aberwyn and Jill leaving to study dweomer with Nevyn - the culmination of her destiny, and the fulfillment of Nevyn's 400-year-old vow. Now, however, Rhodry's secret half-elven blood threatens to betray him. An aged Jill returns and tells him point blank that he must leave Aberwyn before his semi-eternal youth gives him away. Reluctantly, Rhodry takes up the silver dagger again and follows Jill west to the lands of his father.
There they meet Aderyn, the human dweomermaster who has lived most of his life with the elves. And from there, we jump back to Aderyn's early apprenticeship with Nevyn, his destiny with the elves, his love affair with the powerful elven dweomermaster Dallandra (who will return later), and the birth of his son, Loddlaen, who if you remember started all the trouble that brought Jill and Rhodry together way back in "Daggerspell." See how it all starts to fit together? We also get several more of Rhodry's past lives, in which we see the pattern emerge of an ordinary man whose life seems destined to always become entangled with, and often ruined by, the dweomer.
After the somewhat pale "Revenant," I found this installment in the series to be a bracing, complex breath of fresh air. I love seeing known events from a new perspective; I love the insight we get into the elves and their way of life. (Anyone else notice that they seem to be based heavily on Native American culture? Just curious.) As the start to the second act of the Deverry series, "A Time of Exile" is a wonderful portent of what's to come.
Summary of A Time of Exile (Deverry Series, Book Five)
The world of Deverry: an intricate tapestry of fate, past lives, and unfathomable magic. With A Time Of Exile, Katharine Kerr opens new territory in The Deverry Saga, exploring the history of the Elcyion Lacar, the elves who inhabit the country west of Deverry. It is years since the half-elven Lord Rhodry took the throne of Aberwyn. When Rhodry's lost lover, Jill-now a powerful wizard-comes to Aberyn and tells him it's time he accepted his elven heritage, Rhodry faces the most difficult choice of his life. But with Jill's help and that of a human wizard named Aderyn who has lived for years in the westlands, Rhodry begins to understand how his life is connected not just to his own people, but to the Elcyion Lacar as well. At last, destiny begins to unravel its secrets, revealing Aderyn's true purpose among the elves-and the god' deeper design behind Rhodry's dual heritage.Kerr, Katharine Books
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