# Deryni Checkmate

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- Book: [Deryni Checkmate](https://www.bookquiver.com/katherine-kurtz/deryni-checkmate) ([Deryni Checkmate.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/katherine-kurtz/deryni-checkmate.md))
- Authors: [Katherine Kurtz](https://www.bookquiver.com/katherine-kurtz)
- Publisher: ace
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4064-019-3
- Published: 2008-11-25
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The number of Deryni was small, for they had been hounded for generations and kept their identities secret. Those who managed to retain their arcane powers concealed their background--for bitter persecution...