Ireland
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Kiernan, Celine
The poison throne
Dublin: The O’Brien Press, 2008. – 468 p.
(The Moorehawke Trilogy; 1)
ISBN 978-1-84717-110-8
Kingdom – Intrigue – Heir – Treason – Love – Duty – Friendship – Loyalty
When Protector Lady Wynter Moorehawke and her father return after four years of business in the cold North, they find the formerly liberal-minded and progressive kingdom of King Jonathon shockingly altered. Superstition, intrigue, violence, and racial hatred reign, as the king forces his elder, illegitimate son Razi to take the place of crown-prince Alberon, who was accused of treason and disappeared. The court is in uproar – their loyalty divided between the king and Alberon. Fifteen-year-old Wynter is determined to flee Jonathon’s control and secretly help her childhood friend Razi find innocent Alberon and re-establish peace and stability; yet how can she leave her fatally ill father behind? The first volume of this suspense-ful trilogy encompasses both romance and political adventure. Set in a medieval Europe with some fantasy elements, it races the reader along at breath-taking speed and doesn’t release its grip until the very last page. (14+)