Prince of Thorns

BOOK ONE IN THE BROKEN EMPIRE TRILOGY `Prince of Thorns deserves attention as the work of an iconoclast who seems determined to turn that familiar thing, Medievalesque Fantasy Trilogy, entirely on its head.`--Locus When he was nine, he watched as his mother and brother were killed before him. By the time he was thirteen, he was the leader of a band of bloodthirsty thugs. By fifteen, he intends to be king... It`s time for Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath to return to the castle he turned his back on, to take what`s rightfully his. Since the day he hung pinned on the thorns of a briar patch and watched Count Renar`s men slaughter his mother and young brother, Jorg has been driven to vent his rage. Life and death are no more than a game to him--and he has nothing left to lose. But treachery awaits him in his father`s castle. Treachery and dark magic. No matter how fierce his will, can one young man conquer enemies with power beyond his imagining?