Broken Empire

5 books in series
3,866 ratings

Prince of Thorns: Broken Empire 1 Summary

Prince of Thorns is the first volume in a powerful new epic fantasy trilogy, original, absorbing and challenging.

Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, and I loved him well. But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mother's tomb. Now I have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse. They say these are violent times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night. All that's true enough, but there's something worse out there, in the dark. Much worse.

From being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. Returning to his father's castle Jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with all hands turned against him.

Mark Lawrence's debut novel tells a tale of blood and treachery, magic and brotherhood and paints a compelling and brutal, and sometimes beautiful, picture of an exceptional boy on his journey toward manhood and the throne.

©2012 Mark Lawrence (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Show More Show Less
Not an Audible member?
From £7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Product list
  • Book 1

    £12.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

  • Book 2

    £12.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

  • Book 3

    £12.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

  • £2.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

  • £12.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

Similar series

Red Queen's War The Stormlight Archive The Wheel of Time The First Law Trilogy Books of the Ancestor A Song of Ice and Fire First Law World The Witcher The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Drenai [chronological order] Raven's Shadow Riftwar Cycle [Chronological Order] King's Dark Tidings Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Gotrek and Felix: Warhammer Chronicles The Inheritance Cycle Shattered Sea Memory, Sorrow & Thorn Night Angel The Nevernight Chronicle The Cycle of Galand The Wounded Kingdom Saga of the Forgotten Warrior Society of the Sword The Lot Lands A Land Fit for Heroes The Traitor Son Cycle Legends of the First Empire The Fatemarked Epic The Bound and The Broken Raven's Mark The Darkness Within Saga The Faithful and the Fallen Warhammer: Age of Sigmar Art of the Adept The Shroud of Prophecy Warhammer Chronicles: The End Times Dragon Heart Series The War of the Archons Series The Wild Hunt The Darkwater Legacy Black Company The White Mage Saga The Crimson Empire Empire of Salt Chronicles of Breed Unfettered The Seven Virtues Godblind Iconoclasts The Dagger and the Coin The Nightfall Wars Song of the Shattered Sands Mortal Mage Riyria Revelations The Moontide Quartet Schooled in Magic Mortal Techniques The Raveling Fate's Forsaken Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser Articles of Faith The Bane Of The North The Dying Earth Fire Sacraments The Outlaw Chronicles (Donald) The Sorcerer's Ring A Fire Beneath the Skin Kings and Sorcerers Chronicles of the Black Gate The Arinthian Line Green Rider Shadowmarch Dungeon Master Sentenced to Troll Series Richard and Kahlan The Scalussen Chronicles View From the Mirror The Fifth Knight Overpowered Wizard The Rise of Magic Fall of Wizardoms Blessed Time Bond of a Dragon The Sundering Dragonwatch Series Sevenfold Sword The Immortal Knight Chronicles The Buried Goddess Saga The Hidden Magic Chronicles The Seven Swords The Silent Gods The Lost The Fifth Ward New World Rising Revenge of the Sorcerer King The Wraithblade Saga The Oremere Chronicles Archives of the Invisible Sword The Chasing Graves Trilogy Shadow Knights Of Crowns and Glory The Gates of Good and Evil Return of the Darkening Realm Breaker Antiheroes Berserk of Gluttony (Light Novel) The First Dragon Rider Akiri The Black Mage Prophecies Series Henchmen Chronicles The Eternal Journey Hawk Queen After the War The Dragonkin Trilogy Magic for Hire Series The Mage-Born Chronicles Series Fantasy and Fairytales Have Sword, Will Travel Series Red Sonja The Disinherited Prince Worldbreaker Saga Fourth Element Cat's Eye Chronicles The Relics of Antiquity The Dark Gods The SunRider Saga Crowns of Victory The Lackey's War Runebound Epik Fantasy Steel and Fire Terror of Lord Soth Merciful Crow Series Ink Mage Legacy Sundering the Gods Kingdoms of Sand Dragonia Empire Series The Twin Realms Apocalypse Revanche Cycle The Forest Knights The Red Sword Trilogy Gryphon Riders Trilogy Nightblade Epic: A Book of Underrealm The Bitterbynde Trilogy Echoes of the Empire Reborn as the Black Knight The Essenburg Archives Reluctant Dungeon Legends of the Fallen The Orzare Chronicles The Myridian Constellation Bitterwood The Ronin Trilogy Court of Sin Emissary of Light The Faraway Paladin Golden Guard Trilogy Darkslayer Twilight Kingdom Dark Sun Dilvish Stories Dead Server 7 Black River Academy Bound Gods Series Unbound The Godsblood Trilogy Blademage Saga Forgotten Realms: The Nobles The Convoker Series Blacklight Chronicles The Goblin Wars Nullifier The Elwin Escari Chronicles The Broken Lands The Watchers (Meikle) Witch World : Estcarp Cycle The Rage of Kings Season of the Runer Thrice-Crossed Swords The Unseen Moon Brutal Trilogy The City Imperishable The Last Prince Series Dragonlance: The Anvil of Time King of the Bastards The Kinless Trilogy Chosen of Nendawen Huntsman of Alba Deathsworn Arc The Lambton Worm Re-telling Lakeland Knight The Fire Young Knight Blades of Leander Eno the Thracian Ignifer Cycle The Land of Fire and Ash Series The Bone Mask Trilogy Legacy of Dragonwand Trilogy Kelvin of Rud The Soul Forge Saga Savage Realms Monthly Dark Fantasy Sword and Sorcery Adventure Magazine Angst Series Ignatius Series A Realms Novel The Dragon's Apprentice The Sylvalla Chronicles The Accidental Dragonrider Rift of Chaos The Dragon Realms Saga Shards of Light Spirit Shield Saga The Fate of the Elves Soul Force Saga Relicant Chronicles Rise of Cithria Tails of Battle Echoes of Elybion Akynd Chronicles Raiders of the Dawn Emi The Prophecy Archives Chaos in Alatria Land of Paron Series The Tales of Umbria Heptalogy Quest for Tranquility Pale Fortress Adventures Of The Ivy Princess Rarkyn Trilogy