Résultats pour "Mark Lawrence" dans Militaire

Als er neun Jahre alt war, musste Prinz Jörg mit ansehen, wie seine Mutter und sein Bruder vor seinen Augen getötet wurden. Mit dreizehn war er bereits Anführer einer Bande blutrünstiger Schläger. Mit fünfzehn will er König werden. Es ist Zeit, in das Schloss zurückzukehren und seinen rechtmäßigen Platz auf dem Thron einzunehmen. In seinem ehemaligen Zuhause erwartet Jörg jedoch kein freudiger Empfang, sondern Verrat hinter jeder Ecke. Dunkle Magie und vergessene Feinde lauern auf den jungen Prinzen, und nur ein starker Wille vermag ihn zu einem Sieg zu verhelfen.

The second book in the Broken Empire series, Lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition. To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake. I’ve walked from pawn to player and I’ll win this game of ours, though the cost of it...

Lawrence brings the Broken Empire series to its devastating conclusion. The path to the throne is broken - only the broken can walk it. The world is cracked and time has run through, leaving us clutching at the end days. These are the days that have waited for us all our lives. These are my days. I will stand before the Hundred and they will listen. I will take the throne no matter who stands against me, living or dead, and if I must be the last emperor then I will make of it such an ending. This is where the wise man turns away. This is where the holy kneel and call on God.

The Red Queen is old but the kings of the Broken Empire fear her as they fear no other. Her grandson Jalan Kendeth is a coward, a cheat, and a womaniser; and 10th in line to the throne. While his grandmother shapes the destiny of millions, Prince Jalan pursues his debauched pleasures. Until he gets entangled with Snorri ver Snagason, a huge Norse axe man, and dragged against his will to the icy north.

From the critically acclaimed author of Prince of Fools comes the second volume of the brilliant new epic fantasy series The Red Queen's War. "If you like dark, you will love Mark Lawrence. And when the light breaks through, and it all makes sense, the contrast is gorgeous." (Robin Hobb) The Red Queen has set her players on the board…. Winter is keeping Prince Jalan Kendeth far from the longed-for luxuries of his southern palace.