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Kelvin of Rud
Series · 5 books · 1987-1992

Books in series

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#1

Dragon's Gold

1987

The Prophecy: A Roundear there Shall Surely be; Born to be Strong, Raised to be Free; Fighting Dragons in his Youth; Leading Armies, Nothing Loth; Ridding his Country of a Sore; Joining Two, then uniting Four; Until from Seven there be One; Only then will his Task be Done. When Kelvin was a child, his mother read to him from the Book of Prophecy and he asked what the poem meant. Now he was about to learn. The Kingdom of Rud languishes under the heel of a usurper; an evil sorcerer has taken the throne in the name of his wicked daughter. Even deep in the forest, away from all power, the people tremble and await the day of prophecy's fulfillment. It cannot come too soon: Charlain and her children are soon to lose their home to the tax collector. But Kelvin and Jon have other plans. they have found a dragon's territory, where scales of purest gold, shed by the dragon, lie free on the ground for anyone with courage, or innocence, to take. And the words of Mouvar the prophet echo across Rud.
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#2

Serpent's Silver

1988

A sequel to "Dragon's Blood". In this story Kelvin is the Roundear of Prophecy, but all he wants is a bit of rest. There's not much chance of that however, as his father is imprisoned in a dungeon beyond Flaw, and his brother is entangled with a beautiful girl and a silver serpent.
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#3

Chimaera's Copper

1990

As a young man, Kevin Knight Hackleberry proved to be the Roundear of Prophecy: he liberated his own Kingdom of Rud from the cruel usurper Zoanna, and then went on to defeat the evil king Rowforth.... But now Zoanna and Rowforth have joined forces to take revenge on Kelvin....through his unborn child. Kelvin's beloved Heln lies helpless in prison...while Kelvin is trapped in a distant Frame World, a captive of the dread Chimaera.
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#4

Orc's Opal

1990

In the kingdom of Rud, Charles, Merlain, and their brother, Dragon Horace, are in the center of a plot against Kelvin as they seek to steal the treasure of the Orc Kingdom
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#5

Mouvar's Magic

1992

The mysterious prophecy that has shaped the life of Kelvin Knight Hackleberry and his family seems nearly to have run its course. The Two Kingdoms that were joined by Kelvin to form Kelvinia have now been united with three others, to make a great confederation under the rule of the young twin kings, Kildom and Kildee. Kelvin has earned some time to rest with his family. Charles and Merlain are now twenty years old, and so is Dragon Horace, their brother who is the Great King of all the land. But the clouds of the last battle are gathering. The evil Professor DeVale and his witch servant Zady had been foiled in their attempt to destroy Kelvin by using his children—their evil plot has led to a stronger, more peaceful land under its rightful rulers. Now they will try one last time to pervert all that is good in the universe of the frames—and although the Prophecy of Mouvar has been accurate up to now, still there is a chance that evil will prevail.

Author

Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony
Author · 170 books

Though he spent the first four years of his life in England, Piers never returned to live in his country of birth after moving to Spain and immigrated to America at age six. After graduating with a B.A. from Goddard College, he married one of his fellow students and and spent fifteen years in an assortment of professions before he began writing fiction full-time. Piers is a self-proclaimed environmentalist and lives on a tree farm in Florida with his wife. They have two grown daughters.

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