Garth Nix, bestselling author of the Keys to the Kingdom series and *Shade’s Children* , combines space opera with a coming-of-age story in his YA novel *A Confusion of Princes.* Superhuman. Immortal. Prince in a Galactic Empire. There has to be a catch…. Khemri learns the minute he becomes a Prince that princes need to be hard to kill—for they are always in danger. Their greatest threat? Other Princes. Every Prince wants to become Emperor and the surest way to do so is to kill, dishonor, or sideline any potential competitor. There are rules, but as Khemri discovers, rules can be bent and even broken. There are also mysteries. Khemri is drawn into the hidden workings of the Empire and is dispatched on a secret mission. In the ruins of space battle, he meets a young woman, called Raine, who challenges his view of the Empire, of Princes, and of himself. But Khemri is a Prince, and even if he wanted to leave the Empire behind, there are forces there that have very definite plans for his future.
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Book_LoverAL (verified owner) –
I am a huge fan of Nix’s Abhorsen trilogy and thought I might like other work by him as well. This book was super interesting, the world-building and imagination that went into it was pretty fabulous. It thrusts you into the story from the very beginning, using their weird vernacular for things that you only learn about later, but it was like learning a new language by immersion. Eventually, you just got it. The characters were fun, some not as developed as I would normally like, but you really got to know Khemri from all angles. A really fun read over-all! Suggested if you like Ender’s Game, most definitely.