num_pages: 352
description: Being a bastard blows. Tilla would know. Her father Lord Kent of the Western Province loved her as a child but cast her aside as soon as he had trueborn children.At sixteen Tilla spends her days exploring long-forgotten tunnels beneath the castle with her stablehand half brother Jax and her nights drinking with the servants passing out on Jaxs floor while her castle bedroom collects dust. Tilla secretly longs to sit by her fathers side resplendent in a sparkling gown enjoying feasts with the rest of the family. Instead she sits with the other bastards like Miles of House Hampstedt an awkward scholar whos been in love with Tilla since they were children.Then at a feast honoring the visiting princess Lyriana the royal shocks everyone by choosing to sit at the Bastards Table. Before she knows it Tilla is leading the sheltered princess on a late-night escapade. Along with Jax Miles and fellow bastard Zell a Zitochi warrior from the north they stumble upon a crime they were never meant to witness.Rebellion is brewing in the west and a brutal coup leaves Lyrianas uncle the Royal Archmagus deadwith Lyriana next on the list. The group flees for their lives relentlessly pursued by murderous mercenaries; their own parents have put a price on their heads to prevent the king and his powerful Royal Mages from discovering their treachery.The bastards band together realizing they alone have the power to prevent a civil war that will tear their kingdom apartif they can warn the king in time. And if they can survive the journey . . .
language: English
title: Royal Bastards
publisher: Disney-Hyperion