num_pages: 608
description: A deformed genius plots vengeance while struggling to survive. A wastrel prince comes of age finding a power he never imagined. Two worlds are destined to collide. Only one can be king. Ruka called a demon at birth is a genius. Born malformed and ugly into the snow-covered wasteland of the Ascom he was spared from death by his mother's love. Now he is an outcast consumed with hate for those who've wronged him. But to take his vengeance he must first survive. Across a vast sea in the white-sand island paradise of Sri Kon Kale is fourth and youngest son of the Sorcerer King. And at sixteen Kale is a disappointment. As the first prince ever forced to serve with low-born marines Kale must prove himself and become a man or else lose all chance of a worthy future and any hope to win the love of his life. Though they do not know it both boys are on the cusp of discovery. Their worlds and lives are destined for greatness or ruin. But in a changing world where ash meets paradise only one man can be king... The first installment of an epic low- fantasy trilogy. Kings of Paradise is a dark bloody coming-of-age story shaped by culture politics and magic.
language: English
title: Kings of Paradise
publisher: Richard Nell