The Dead Prince
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Heady and languid, passionate and epic, this is the ambitious sequel to Greg Keyes' The Thorn King.
When the legendary Thorn King awakens from his slumber, darkness and terror descend upon the kingdom. Countless spawns of unseen monsters emerge from the wilderness to prey on the peasants. An epidemic of madness has turned the civilians into flesh-eating savages. In Eslen, King William has been murdered, Queen Muriel has been betrayed, and their daughter Annie is on the run from assassins bent on destroying her family.
On the princess's heels is a young knight, Neil MekWren, the queen's only true ally, who has sworn to save Annie. The princess herself sets out on a dangerous journey to sanctuary, but along the way she is beset by conspirators' traps that few can escape.
At the same time, spies in the service of Praifek Hespero, a powerful cleric, begin to fight the Thorn King in the heart of his domain. And the power-hungry church, spurred on by mystical events, threatens even the queen with the Inquisition. As the noose of intrigue tightens around the entire country, personal destinies and the fate of the kingdom will be decided in a struggle between virtue and malice, power and magic.
When the legendary Thorn King awakens from his slumber, darkness and terror descend upon the kingdom. Countless spawns of unseen monsters emerge from the wilderness to prey on the peasants. An epidemic of madness has turned the civilians into flesh-eating savages. In Eslen, King William has been murdered, Queen Muriel has been betrayed, and their daughter Annie is on the run from assassins bent on destroying her family.
On the princess's heels is a young knight, Neil MekWren, the queen's only true ally, who has sworn to save Annie. The princess herself sets out on a dangerous journey to sanctuary, but along the way she is beset by conspirators' traps that few can escape.
At the same time, spies in the service of Praifek Hespero, a powerful cleric, begin to fight the Thorn King in the heart of his domain. And the power-hungry church, spurred on by mystical events, threatens even the queen with the Inquisition. As the noose of intrigue tightens around the entire country, personal destinies and the fate of the kingdom will be decided in a struggle between virtue and malice, power and magic.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Kingdom of Bones and Thorns