The Sun Blessed Prince
Book One of A Tale of Two Crowns Duology
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A battle-weary prince meets a reluctant assassin. But could their bond end their war?
SEPARATED BY WAR, UNITED BY FATE...
Prince Elician is a Giver. He can heal any wound and bring the dead back to life. He also can’t be killed, so is cursed to watch his country wage an endless war.
Reapers can kill with a single touch. When one attacks Prince Elician near a hotly contested battlefield, but fails, the Reaper expects a terrible punishment. Instead, Elician offers him a chance at a new life and a new name on enemy territory. Cat, as Elician calls him, hadn’t realized he could ever find something, or someone, to make life worth living — until the prince. Yet Elician is unaware that his enemy plans to turn his kindness against him until danger engulfs him in turn.
As the pieces of a deadly plot come together, featuring abduction, treachery and forbidden magic, tensions escalate at court and on the battlefield. The fires of conflict burst into new flame — but can those who wield the powers of life and death find peace?
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In this rip-roaring queer romantic fantasy from Byrd (On the Subject of Griffons), Prince Elician of Soleb is sent to the front lines to fight Alelune's forces for control of the Bask River, which is believed to be blessed by gods. Cat, an Alelune Reaper capable of killing with a single touch, is assigned to assassinate Elician, not knowing that the prince is a Giver, a healer who can resurrect the dead. Not only that, but Cat's powers won't work on him. When the mission inevitably fails and Cat is captured, he expects to be put to death. Instead, Elician transports him as a prisoner to Kreuzfurt, a fortress sanctuary for Reapers and Givers, hoping to extract information from him. This sparks a slow-burning enemies-to-lovers affair—until Elician and his friend Lio are captured by Alelune soldiers and brought to their kingdom. There, Elician is imprisoned with Lio and tortured for years, while everyone back home believes they have died—except for Cat, who, now caught up in Soleb's court, searches for a way to free his lover. The delicious romance and thorny court intrigue keep the pages turning, and a clever late plot twist shocks. This hits all the right notes.
