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Prince of Thorns
“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.”
Mark Lawrence’s grimdark debut follows Prince Jorg Ancrath — a ruthless fourteen-year-old outlaw leading a band of road-brothers across a shattered empire. Our library’s first stone was laid on this book, and it remains the one we return to.
“Dark and relentless, the Prince of Thorns will pull you under and drown you in story. A two in the morning page-turner.”
“This is a lean, cold knife-thrust of a novel.”
“Excellent and dark. A great new talent.”
“Prince of Thorns is the best book I’ve read all year.”
Copyright 2010, Mark Lawrence. All Rights Reserved. Cover art and quotes reproduced for critical review.
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