The Dead Prince
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Intoxicating and languid, passionate and grandiose—this is the ambitious sequel to Greg Keyes's The Thorn King.
When the legendary Thorn King awakens from his slumber, darkness and horror descend upon the kingdom. Countless spawns of unseen monsters emerge from the wilderness and prey upon the peasants. An epidemic of madness has transformed the peaceful inhabitants into flesh-eating savages. In Eslen, King William has been murdered, Queen Muriel has been betrayed, and their daughter, Annie, is fleeing assassins bent on destroying her family.
Hunting on the princess's heels is the young knight Neil MekWren, the queen's only true ally, who has sworn to save Annie. The princess herself embarks on a perilous journey to sanctuary, but along the way, she is beset by conspirators' traps that few can escape.
Meanwhile, spies in the service of Praifek Hespero, a powerful cleric, begin to fight the Thorn King in the very 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 horror descend upon the kingdom. Countless spawns of unseen monsters emerge from the wilderness and prey upon the peasants. An epidemic of madness has transformed the peaceful inhabitants into flesh-eating savages. In Eslen, King William has been murdered, Queen Muriel has been betrayed, and their daughter, Annie, is fleeing assassins bent on destroying her family.
Hunting on the princess's heels is the young knight Neil MekWren, the queen's only true ally, who has sworn to save Annie. The princess herself embarks on a perilous journey to sanctuary, but along the way, she is beset by conspirators' traps that few can escape.
Meanwhile, spies in the service of Praifek Hespero, a powerful cleric, begin to fight the Thorn King in the very 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.
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