new king is reunited with his wife and informed that he must soon provide a royal heir or someone else will perform the action for him. Resigned to their fate, Rhys Michael and Michaela agree to start having children, but they secretly maintain the desperate hope of one day being free of the great lords. Characters King Javan Haldane: King of Gwynedd, twin brother and heir of King Alroy, elder brother of Prince Rhys Michael Prince Rhys Michael Haldane: Prince of Gwynedd, Duke of Carthmoor, younger brother and heir of King Javan King Alroy Haldane: King of Gwynedd, twin brother of King Javan, eldest brother of Prince Rhys Michael Father Joram MacRorie: former Michaeline priest and knight, son of Saint Camber, member of the Camberian Council Dom Queron Kinevan: former Gabrilite priest and Healer, founder of the Servants of Saint Camber, member of the Camberian Council Lord Tavis O'Neill: former personal Healer to King Javan, member of the Camberian Council Lord Ansel MacRorie: grandson of Saint Camber, nephew of Joram MacRorie, member of the Camberian Council Lord Jesse MacGregor: eldest son and heir of Earl Gregory, member of the Camberian Council Lord Oriel de Bourg: Healer in the forced service of Archbishop Hubert Baron Etienne de Courcy: Confidential Secretary of King Javan, father of Sir Guiscard Sir Guiscard de Courcy: aide to King Javan, son of Baron Etienne de Courcy Sir Charlan Morgan: aide to King Javan Father Faelan: Confessor to King Javan Lady Michaela Drummond: ward of Earl Manfred, half-sister of Ansel MacRorie Archbishop Hubert MacInnis: Archbishop of Valoret and Primate of All Gwynedd Earl Manfred MacInnis: Earl of Culdi Earl Rhun von Horthy: Earl of Sheele Earl Murdoch: Earl of Carthane Earl Tammaron Fitz-Arthur: Lord Chancellor of Gwynedd Father Paulin Sinclair: Vicar General of the Custodes Fidei, brother of Albertus Lord Albertus: Grand Master of the Equites Custodum Fidei, Earl Marshal of Gwynedd Master Dimitri: Deryni collaborator working for Father Paulin Master Revan: leader of a pseudo-religious baptizer cult created by the Camberian Council Release details 1992, USA, Del Rey Books , Pub date 10 November 1992, Hardcover (first edition) 1993, USA, Del Rey Books , Paperback 1992 novels Deryni novels Del Rey books