Edited again on August 21, 2011 to add the cover image.
Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris
Ace Books
Copyright: 1991
0441003435
The blurb on the back of the book:
More than a doctor,
more than a detective...
He is Sir Adam Sinclair: nobleman, physician, scholar - and Adept. A man of learning and power, he practices ancient arts unknown to the twentieth century.
He has had many names, lived many lives, but his mission remains the same: to protect the Light from those who would tread the Dark Roads.
Now his beloved Scotland is defiled by an unholy cult of black magicians who will commit any atrocity to achieve their evil ends- even raise the dead!
Only one man can stand against them...
The Adept
more than a detective...
He is Sir Adam Sinclair: nobleman, physician, scholar - and Adept. A man of learning and power, he practices ancient arts unknown to the twentieth century.
He has had many names, lived many lives, but his mission remains the same: to protect the Light from those who would tread the Dark Roads.
Now his beloved Scotland is defiled by an unholy cult of black magicians who will commit any atrocity to achieve their evil ends- even raise the dead!
Only one man can stand against them...
The Adept
This is the first book in the series: The Adept, The Adept: the Lodge of the Lynx (my current read), The Adept: The Templar Treasure, Dagger Magic and The Death of the Adept. Two other books, The Temple and the Stone and The Temple and the Crown are set in the middle ages in the last years of the Templar Knights are linked to this series as well. There are also two short stories set in the same world and time period in two of the Templar anthologies Katherine Kurtz has edited.
As the first book in the series, The Adept sets up the major characters very well, but it also stands as a full book on it's own, although it doesn't exactly wrap everything up, leaving plenty for the next book.
As with Lammas Night, this is an older series, and your best bet for finding the books is a used book store.
There's plenty of action as well, making this an exciting book. Even though I've read it several times, I generally have trouble putting the book down at night. It's always 'just one more page and I'll put the book away'. Then I realize it's already the next day and the book is finished.
Kurtz and Harris use foreshadowing and hinting very well in all of the books to build the tension, and the events, taken in sequence, even with the magical included are very believable, building one on the next.
I wish I knew of more books like these. The closest I can think of are Mercedes Lackey's Diana Tregarde books.
2 comments:
I'm glad that someone else likes this series as much as I do! I first read these as a teenager, but lost the books in one of my moves. I recently picked up a copy of The Adept at a used book store, and after reading it HAD to go on a search for the rest of the series. I didn't even realize that the Temple and the Stone and The Temple and the Crown were connected to the series. Thanks for the reviews!
I'm glad you enjoyed reading them and I hope you find the other books soon. Don't forget about Lammas Night, which is also connected and has become one of my favorites.
I know what you mean about losing books. It's happened to me as well (so far, I've managed to find them again, but usually only after I've replaced the book in question).
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