Surely the three of you have noticed certain physical similarities between one another.’ He paused a moment and his smile widened. He would be fourteen today, about the same age as you boys. Nobody has seen him for nearly four years. Because you see, many Carthyans have small hopes that Jaron is alive. However, since the regents are unaware of my proof, their trip to Isel is only to end any official doubt before another king is chosen. ‘I’m afraid for now I must ask you to trust me on that. These were my thoughts as I raced away from the market, with a stolen roast tucked under my arm.”

Then again, I’m not sure I ever had a choice. “If I had to do it all over again, I would not have chosen this life. His rivals will be devising their own plots as well, so Sage must trust no one and keep his thoughts hidden.Īs Sage moves from a rundown orphanage to Conner’s sumptuous palace, layer upon layer of deceit unfolds, until finally, a truth is revealed that may very well prove more dangerous than all of the lies taken together.” Sage knows that Conner’s motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword’s point-he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. Four orphans are forced to compete for the role, including a defiant and clever boy named Sage. To unify his kingdom’s divided people, a nobleman named Conner devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king’s long-lost son and install him on the throne. “In a faraway land, civil war is brewing. It was published in 2012 by Scholastic and is the first book in the Ascendance Trilogy. The False Prince is written by Jennifer A. I realized that merely categorizing the books in “reviews” doesn’t help much when you have 45+ of them…therefore, I will be adding categories for fantasy, realistic, mystery, tough reads, etc. Instead of merely tagging them distinctly, I will also be categorizing them distinctly so that they are more accessible on the right-hand side of the page. Note: I will be going through all my previous posts and adding new categories so individual books will be easier to find.

The false prince series