The Briar King has woken and, with the aid of monsters formerly found only in folk tales, is destroying the forest and the people who live on its bounty. Aspar White, the king's forester, has been assigned the impossible task of killing the fearsome newcomer, but will discover that nothing about the Briar King is as straightforward as expected. Meanwhile Leoff, young composer and self-professed coward, becomes embroiled in the horror of a town's destruction - motivated by an intrigue that leads him to the aid of Muriele, ...
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The Briar King has woken and, with the aid of monsters formerly found only in folk tales, is destroying the forest and the people who live on its bounty. Aspar White, the king's forester, has been assigned the impossible task of killing the fearsome newcomer, but will discover that nothing about the Briar King is as straightforward as expected. Meanwhile Leoff, young composer and self-professed coward, becomes embroiled in the horror of a town's destruction - motivated by an intrigue that leads him to the aid of Muriele, widowed Queen of Crotheny. As she fights to save her family, the queen despatches a trusted knight, Neil, to save her youngest daughter - in whose hands may rest the entire kingdom's future. But as prophecies, saviours and assassins close in, the mother's plan may leave Princess Anne - and the kingdom - as vulnerable as ever. `Rich, detailed, and always believable . . . Keyes excels most of all in his characters, who again and again demonstrate unexpected depths and surprising motivations' Locus `Shames standard sword-and-sorcery efforts by playing for tragedy and real jeopardy' Time Out
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In my opinion, ?The Charnel Prince? was a million times better than ?The Briar King?! There wasn?t as much romance, and who is chasing who romantically. And, the stakes are much higher in this book! With the Briar King now awake, all kinds of dark monsters are roaming the land. Towns and villages of people are disappearing, and they are hording as undead, like zombies. Queen Muriele is forced to send her half-wit son, the heir, away into hiding, and becomes mutual friends with her dead husband?s, the King, former mistress, Alis Berrye, when the undead Prince Robert claims the throne of the Kingdom of Crotheny! Muriele does commission Leovigild ?Leoff? Ackenzal, a composer that reminds me of Stephen when he first set out from Virgenya, to compose a piece of music for the people of Crotheny. With the help of Mery Gramme, Lady Gramme?s daughter, he is able to thwart the efforts of Praifec Hespero. His music is so emotionally moving that it is said to be shine crafting. Knight Neil MaqVren is tracking Princess Anne, at the request of Muriele, to bring her back home safely. Anne and Austra begin to grow apart when Austra truly falls in love with the fake attentions of Cazio, and the secrets of magic that Anne has been keeping from her. Anne is beginning to accept her destiny, and is trying to reach Eslin, alive. Someone has stolen the key to the secret room deep below the castle, to take possession of the Kept, and all his secrets and prescience.
