The main character wasn't a spiritual healer, but he meets a prophet of God.The Plague had killed off most of the world's population.I'm not 100% sure if it has been translated in Danish, but King's books are really famous, so it's high likely.It does end with the main character taking the sickness upon himself to 'prove' the plague is harmless, but it's by mixing blood via a handshake with cut palms, not via a cup or a kiss. Soon, he will be called upon to make a choice - a choice that will threaten Navora, his beloved Shinali, and his very life. In gaining her favor, he makes powerful enemies and witnesses firsthand the corruption that is weakening the empire, rotting it from the inside out. He is soon in league with the powerful of the empire, including Empress Petra herself, who comes to rely on his ability to interpret dreams. His gift as a healer is finally legitimized when he is accepted into the Citadel, the most esteemed institution in the land. Highly intuitive by nature, Gabriel is a born healer, a vocation he pursues despite his father's demands. But when he witnesses a brutal act committed against a Shinali women, he is inextricably bound to a different destiny. The book you're describing - particularly the end - sounds like Secret Sacrament by Sherryl Jordan.īorn the son of a wealthy merchant-mariner, Gabriel is to take over his father's thriving business one day.

I know it's not much, but maybe someone else had a strong response to it too. It was a really great novel and it'd be amazing to read it again. I think maybe the main character was a healer of some kind, but more in a spiritual kind of way. It was in a fantasy world, but there weren't any spells or dragons.I also think the plague was a major plot device, at least in the final part.He travels to this town and is only there in the latter part, but I don't remember anything from the first part.

The boy is released, but the main character contracts the disease and dies, sacrificing himself. The main character then drinks from the same cup as the sick person (or maybe kisses him) to prove he isn't carrying the plague. At the end, some of them want to leave but one of them (a child?) is believed to have a serious contagious disease and is therefore being held back. The main character and his loved ones are holed up in a fortress-like city in the desert.

It wasn't new when I read it and it was even a translation, so I'm thinking it is from the 80s/90s.

I read it in Danish, and I guess it was translated from English, but not certain.

It was really good, but now I have completely forgotten both title and author. About ten years ago I picked up a fantasy novel at the library.

Secret sacrament by sherryl jordan