No matter, I really enjoyed this one and I am looking forward to reading the next one tonight.PRINCE OF THORNS, the first book in THE BROKEN EMPIRE, was probably my favorite discovery of 2011. I don't know, maybe it's explained in the final book, but I can't see how it can be explained. Yes he took the memory of it, but he surely would have heard about it, from other people, he would have heard the story of it, so he surely would have known at least in part. The only thing is that I don't really get how he didn't know what happened. That memory box added a nice kind of mystery to the story that keeps you on your toes, wondering, wondering, trying to figure it all out. Mark does a good job of keeping both timelines and Katherines story interesting enough that I was annoyed every time the perspective/time shifted, but then immediately I would be happy with the shift because that's right its got this thing I really want to know about. Meaning I dread certain perspectives or timelines. In most books that have multiple perspectives or timelines I find myself liking at least one more than others, and hating one more than others too. Which is kind of important when it comes to being royalty and all. I really liked the fact that this book showed us that Jorg is actually capable of making friends, he is not just a killer, he can play politics too. Miana was amazing, truly, and I was concerned about what was going to happen there - but I was surprised in a good way. The addition of Katherines story was a nice touch, I really liked her and so of course it was difficult to read her parts. I enjoyed this more than Prince of Thorns. But playing fair was never part of Jorg’s game plan. But King Jorg is not a good king.įaced 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. First though he must gather his own pieces, learn the rules of play, and discover how to break them.Ī six nation army, twenty thousand strong, marches toward Jorg's gates, led by a champion beloved of the people. 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. The land burns with the fires of a hundred battles as lords and petty kings fight for the Broken Empire. 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… 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.
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