But playing fair was never part of Jorg's game plan. But King Jorg is not a good king.Faced by an enemy many times his strength Jorg knows that he cannot win a fair fight. Every good king knows to bend the knee in the face of overwhelming odds, if only to save their people and their lands. 'King of Thorns is a novel that solidifies Mark Lawrences place as one of fantasys most talented authors. Every decent man prays this shining hero will unite the empire and heal its wounds. First though he must gather his own pieces, learn the rules of play, and discover how to break them.A six nation army, twenty thousand strong, marches toward Jorg's gates, led by a champion beloved of the people. He saw the game and vowed to sweep the board. The long road to avenge the slaughter of his mother and brother has shown Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath the hidden hands behind this endless war. I've walked from pawn to player and I'll win this game of ours, though the cost of it may drown the world in blood.The land burns with the fires of a hundred battles as lords and petty kings fight for the Broken Empire. The second book in the Broken Empire series, Lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition.To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake. No publishing houses rejected his works and the "Big Five" all took part in a bidding war on his debut novel, Prince of Thorns.King of Thorns Mark Lawrence € 4.39 This item is currently not in stock at our suppliers. Lawrence has said that he never had any ambition to be a writer and was very surprised when his first attempt at writing turned into a global publishing deal almost overnight. In 2021 he was shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the North Carolina Comittee on justice reform. At fifteen, he began to fulfill that vow.
At age nine, Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath vowed to avenge his slaughtered mother and brotherand to punish his father for not doing so. Lawrence also has a degree in Physics and a PHD in Mathematics by Mark Lawrence (Author) (8,411) In book two of the Broken Empire trilogy, the boy who would be king has gained the thronebut the crown is a heavy weight to bear. The follow-up to Mark Lawrence s thrilling debut novel Prince of Thorns, King of Thorns continues the tale of antihero Jorg Ancrath. King of Thorns is book two of The Broken Empire and if you havent read Prince of Thorns yet I.
He is married and has four children, one of whom is severely disabled, and Mark is the primary carer.īefore becoming a novelist he was a research scientist in the field of artificial intelligence who worked on the famous US Strategic Defense Initiative and held top secret level clearance with both the US and UK governments. King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence (Broken Empire: Book 2). Lawrence was born Januin Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, but moved to the UK at the age of one and currently lives in Bristol, England.
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