The Adept Series

The Adept is a series of novels by Katherine Kurtz & Deborah Turner Harris. The series may be best described as a fantasy/science fiction work, much like Ms. Kurtz’s Deryni series of novels. The first novel in the series was “Adept”, that was first published in 1991. The lead in the series is a psychiatrist named Adam Sinclair, that is in a constant war of good versus evil in his society. As heir to mystical powers and knowledge from the ancients, he can engage dark forces in mortal combat and frequently comes out on top. The series combines elements of science fiction thriller and detective mystery with a good plot with a little bit of Masonic references and symbolism thrown in to make for a good story. The lead is a Scottish lord similar to most of his associates that are also members of the Hunting Lodge. Harris and Kurtz provide their vision of magic and medieval intrigue as portrayed in the contemporary setting. The Huntsmen and their assailants employ the use of post cognition, astral projection, scrying, psychic abilities, and all manner of magic in their battles. Elements of modern detective fiction, the occult, and mythology are also interlaced into the series. For anyone that loves novels such as the Deryni series by Kurtz, this series will provide all the excitement with their ruins, ancient castles, Knights Templar, and Free Mason intrigues.

The Adept series of novels is composed of five novels the last of which was “Death of An Adept” that was published in 1996. The novels are set in modern Scotland though the secret societies are some of the most powerful of organizations. They are not that easy to describe, though Katherine Kurtz has variously used the term Crypto-history to describe the series.

The lead character in the Adept series of novels is Adam Sinclair, a Scottish gentleman and lord known as a laird. In addition to being a lord, he is a one of Edinburgh’s most prominent psychologists. He is also the commander in chief of a Hunting Lodge, and goes by the title Master Huntsman. The Huntsmen are a secret organization serving the Light, whose work is to track down anyone with paranormal powers who is abusing them, and to put an end to their misuse. Noel Macleod who has the special powers of a medium and 20 years’ worth of police experience assists Sinclair in his quest. Pergrine Lovat, a young portrait artist that has the uncanny ability to see anything from the past and accurately draw a descriptive picture, also joins him. Adam Sinclair the Master Huntsman and his troop of fellow Huntsmen are not your typical action heroes full of muscle and charm. In fact, Sinclair is a methodical, cautious, and distinguished man that is full of grit in tracking down, and putting an end to evil using his knowledge and wits. Macleod the police veteran often deals with the physical aspects of their operations assisted by several other characters introduced over the course of the series. For Sinclair, the most important thing is to ensure that they do not spread panic and fear among the general populace, and hence secrecy and discretion is paramount in their operations.

The books in this series include -

* The Adept
* The Lodge of the Lynx
* The Templar Treasure
* Dagger Magic
* Death of an Adept