This bundle includes Prince of Thorns and King of Thorns.įrom being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities.

But playing fair was never part of Jorg’s game plan.Books one and two of the critically-acclaimed debut fantasy trilogy The Broken Empire by Mark Lawrence. Faced by an enemy many times his strength Jorg knows that he cannot win a fair fight. Every good king knows to bend the knee in the face of overwhelming odds, if only to save their people and their lands. Every decent man prays this shining hero will unite the empire and heal its wounds. A six nation army, twenty thousand strong, marches toward Jorg's gates, led by a champion beloved of the people. First though he must gather his own pieces, learn the rules of play, and discover how to break them.

He saw the game and vowed to sweep the board. The long road to avenge the slaughter of his mother and brother has shown Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath the hidden hands behind this endless war. I’ve walked from pawn to player and I’ll win this game of ours, though the cost of it may drown the world in blood…The land burns with the fires of a hundred battles as lords and petty kings fight for the Broken Empire. To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake. The second book in the Broken Empire series, Lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition. ©2012 Mark Lawrence (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Mark Lawrence's debut novel tells a tale of blood and treachery, magic and brotherhood and paints a compelling and brutal, and sometimes beautiful, picture of an exceptional boy on his journey toward manhood and the throne. Returning to his father's castle Jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve him a future with all hands turned against him. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. From being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. They say these are violent times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night.Īll that's true enough, but there's something worse out there, in the dark. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse.

Now I have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mother's tomb. Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, and I loved him well. Prince of Thorns is the first volume in a powerful new epic fantasy trilogy, original, absorbing and challenging.

King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence