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A review by nigellicus
A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
5.0
HAHA MY PLAN TO READ LESS BOOKS THIS YEAR IS STILL ON TRACK HAHAHAHA GOODREADS THINKS I'M SOME SORT OF BOOK-READING ROBOT
Young Sophos, temporary heir to the throne until another one is born, gets kidnapped, is disguised with a bit of effective brutalirt, and hidden amongst slaves. Some fast thinking gets him away from his captors, but he is still a slave, and though he eventually escapes from that, his troubles really are just beginning, with his country at war, riven by civil war, and threatened by the manipulations of a hungry empire.
Rousing, exciting, even swashbuckling stuff in a well-realised Mediterannean-flavoured fantasy setting.
Young Sophos, temporary heir to the throne until another one is born, gets kidnapped, is disguised with a bit of effective brutalirt, and hidden amongst slaves. Some fast thinking gets him away from his captors, but he is still a slave, and though he eventually escapes from that, his troubles really are just beginning, with his country at war, riven by civil war, and threatened by the manipulations of a hungry empire.
Rousing, exciting, even swashbuckling stuff in a well-realised Mediterannean-flavoured fantasy setting.