- Fiction, fantasy, epic
Kihrin is a bastard orphan who grew up on storybook tales of long-lost princes and grand quests. When he is claimed against his will as the long-lost son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds that being a long-lost prince isn't what the storybooks promised. Far from living the dream, Kihrin finds himself practically a prisoner, at the mercy of his new family's power plays and ambitions. He also discovers that the storybooks have lied about a lot of other things too: dragons, demons, gods, prophecies, true love, and how the hero always wins. Then again, maybe he's not the hero, for Kihrin is not destined to save the empire.
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Epic, classical in form, grave and bleak.
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Jenn Lyons
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 569
- Publisher
- Tor Books, Tor, Macmillan Audio
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781250318268
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