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A Conspiracy of Kings

(2010)
(The fourth book in the Queen's Thief series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
2011 Andre Norton Award (nominee)
2011 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Novel

Sophos, under the guidance of yet another tutor, practices his swordplay and strategizes escape scenarios should his father's villa come under attack. How would he save his mother? His sisters? Himself? Could he reach the horses in time? Where would he go? But nothing prepares him for the day armed men, silent as thieves, swarm the villa courtyard ready to kill, to capture, to kidnap. Sophos, the heir to the throne of Sounis, disappears without a trace.

In Attolia, Eugenides, the new and unlikely king, has never stopped wondering what happened to Sophos. Nor has the Queen of Eddis. They send spies. They pay informants. They appeal to the gods. But as time goes by, it becomes less and less certain that they will ever see their friend alive again.

Across the small peninsula battles are fought, bribes are offered, and conspiracies are set in motion. Darkening the horizon, the Mede Empire threatens, always, from across the sea. And Sophos, anonymous and alone, bides his time. Sophos, drawing on his memories of Gen, Pol, the magus - and Eddis - sets out on an Badventure that will change all of their lives forever.


Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

Praise for this book

"Impossible to put down." - Holly Black


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