"A winning fantasy adventure"
Arkanna killed Shalelle because the High Priestess of the
Arizanti Tribe refused to bend to her will. The murderer
offers the same deal to Shalelle's daughter Lorienne, who
rejects her too. Arkanna informs her prisoner that she
sold her to the Prince of the Busae Empire to insure safe
passage for the tribe. If the Busae arrive in time,
Lorienne might live long enough to pleasure her owners. Prince Busae rescues Lorienne, but gives her as a present
to ensure the loyalty of his half-brother, the demon
trained sorcerer Adrik. As the couple becomes acquainted
with one another, they begin to fall in love. However,
Adrik knows the anointed time of swapping his life to
enable his demon mentor to use his body is upon him.
Besides the demands of his teacher, Busae once again
abducts Lorienne to use for purposes of his own. Will
Adrik
rescue his true love or go along with his demonic induced
fate that he has spent a lifetime training to accomplish? THE SHADOW PRINCE is a powerful romantic fantasy inside a
vividly described BC setting. The story line is loaded
with action from the very beginning until the final
confrontation, but the key to this book is the strength of
the key characters (villains and heroes) so that readers
understand their motives and backgrounds (though Arkanna's
role seems short changed). Jan Zimlich provides fans with
a deep tale that will appeal to the tastes of the cross
genre audience. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted September 5, 2002
When a beautiful Arizanti priestess is
left to die on the
windswept steppes of the Median Empire, she learns that the
only salvation for her life and heart is the youngest--and
darkest--prince of the land.
SummaryAdrik should be an honored prince of the Median Empire.
Instead, he is sacrificed at birth to his father's lust for
power. He becomes the property of a great demon, and is
taught the ways of sorcery. Someday he will enter the
Shadow Realm, trade places with his master, and be damned
for eternity. His black fate keeps Adrik from others. There
is no solace for a man like himself. Then he meets a woman
who streaks into his life like a dying star. The Arizanti
priestess is everything he's ever dreamed of, and she
sparks in Adrik a terrible desire for freedom. For the
first time, he dares to hope that their love might overcome
the darkness.
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