Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire Book 1)

From the publisher that brought you Game of Thrones… Prince of Thorns is the first volume in a powerful epic fantasy trilogy | original | absorbing and challenging.Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother | and I loved him well. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mother's tomb. Now I have many brothers | quick with knife and sword | and as evil as you please. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse. They say these are violent times | the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night. All that's true enough | but there's something worse out there | in the dark. Much worse.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. The world is in chaos: violence is rife | nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead | but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. Returning to his father's castle Jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with all hands turned against him.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.