Se publica en inglés «King of Thorns», segunda entrega de la trilogía "The Broken Empire", de Mark Lawrence

La secuela de Príncipe del Mal, la novela de Mark Lawrence que supuso su debut en castellano durante el pasado mes de marzo de este año en la editorial barcelonesa Minotauro (ver una pequeña fotoreseña del libro), ha visto publicada su secuela en lengua inglesa durante el día de ayer. King of Thorns, que así se titula esta segunda parte de lo que por el momento va a constituir la trilogía "The Broken Empire" (Trilogía de la Sangre, en castellano), continúa los avatares del príncipe Honorous Jorg Ancrath en pos de su escalada hacia el trono, su paso de la adolescencia a la madurez que únicamente ha traído consigo una búsqueda de poder y venganza.

Puede leerse King of Thorns de mano de la editorial americana Ace, en tapa dura con sobrecubierta, 464 páginas por unos 25,95 dólares. Su primera entrega, Prince of Thorns, puede encontrarse en formato mass market paperback desde el 31 de julio, 336 páginas por 7,99 dólares.

Sinopsis (cuidado, puede contener algunos spoilers de Prince of Thorns):

In Book One of the Broken Empire, Mark Lawrence brought to life the “morbidly gripping”* (Publishers Weekly) story of a boy in search of power and vengeance. Now, in King of Thorns, that boy’s journey into manhood takes him to the dark depths waiting within his soul…

The boy who would be King has gained the throne...

Prince Honorious Jorg Ancrath vowed when he was nine to avenge his slaughtered mother and brother—and punish his father for not doing so. When he was fifteen, he began to fulfill that vow. Now he is eighteen—and he must hold on by strength of arms to what he took by torture and treachery.

King Jorg is a man haunted: by the ghost of a young boy, by a mysterious copper box, by his desire for the woman who rides with his enemy. Plagued by nightmares of the atrocities he committed, and of the atrocities committed against him when he was a child, he is filled with rage. And even as his need for revenge continues to consume him, twenty thousand men march toward the gates of his castle. His enemy is far stronger than him. Jorg knows that he cannot win a fair fight.

But he has found, in a chamber hidden beneath the castle, ancient and long-lost artifacts. Some might call them magic. Jorg is not certain—all he knows is that the secrets they hold can be put to terrible use in the coming battle...

por Loren Sparrow agosto 08, 2012