Prince of Thorns

I had just one brother, and I loved him dearly, until the thorns took their stinging lessons from me and bled my vulnerability. However, those times are gone, and what's left of them is interred in the grave of my mother. My brothers are swift with a knife or blade and may be as cruel as they want. We ride this shattered kingdom and plunder its remains. It is said that these are terrible times, the end of days when monsters stalk the night and the dead wander the earth. All of that is accurate enough, but there's more evil lurking in the shadows. Much worse.

Jorg Ancrath is a lovely, immoral youngster who leads a gloomy gang of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. He was formerly a pampered royal child reared by a loving mother. However, he has since transformed into the Prince of Thorns. The world is in disarray; there is an abundance of violence and nightmares. Even though Jorg is skilled at controlling both the living and the dead, there is one thing that still gives him the chills. When Jorg goes back to his father's castle, he has to face the horrors of his youth and forge a future when everyone is against him.

A captivating, harsh, and sometimes beautiful portrait of an extraordinary kid on his path to adulthood and the kingdom is painted in Mark Lawrence's first book, which narrates a story of blood and deceit, magic and brotherhood.