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King of Thorns Hardcover - 2012 - 1st Edition

by Mark Lawrence


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In Book One of the Broken Empire, Mark Lawrence brought to life the “morbidly gripping”* (Publishers Weekly) story of a boy in search of power and vengeance. Now, in King of Thorns, that boy’s journey into manhood takes him to the dark depths waiting within his soul…

The boy who would be King has gained the throne...

Prince Honorious Jorg Ancrath vowed when he was nine to avenge his slaughtered mother and brother—and punish his father for not doing so. When he was fifteen, he began to fulfill that vow. Now he is eighteen—and he must hold on by strength of arms to what he took by torture and treachery.

King Jorg is a man haunted: by the ghost of a young boy, by a mysterious copper box, by his desire for the woman who rides with his enemy. Plagued by nightmares of the atrocities he committed, and of the atrocities committed against him when he was a child, he is filled with rage. And even as his need for revenge continues to consume him, twenty thousand men march toward the gates of his castle. His enemy is far stronger than him. Jorg knows that he cannot win a fair fight.

But he has found, in a chamber hidden beneath the castle, ancient and long-lost artifacts. Some might call them magic. Jorg is not certain—all he knows is that the secrets they hold can be put to terrible use in the coming battle...

From the publisher

Mark Lawrence is a research scientist working on artificial intelligence. He is a dual national with both British and American citizenship, and has held secret-level clearance with both governments. At one point, he was qualified to say, "This isn't rocket science--oh wait, it actually is." Married with four children, he lives in Bristol.

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  • Title King of Thorns
  • Author Mark Lawrence
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 449
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ace Books, U.S.A.
  • Date 2012-08-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781937007478 / 1937007472
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.5 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 3.81 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Revenge
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012011252
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

"Definitely a series that will hit with a bang."
Falcata Times

"Mark Lawrence's wonderful prose is vivid without being flowery, succinct without being plain. He pulls you in and doesn't let go."
New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett

About the author

Mark Lawrence is a research scientist working on artificial intelligence. He is a dual national with both British and American citizenship, and has held secret-level clearance with both governments. At one point, he was qualified to say, "This isn't rocket science--oh wait, it actually is." He is the author of the Broken Empire trilogy (Prince of Thorns, King of Thorns, and Emperor of Thorns), the Red Queen's War trilogy (Prince of Fools, The Liar's Key, and The Wheel of Osheim) and the Book of the Ancestor series (Red Sister).
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