A Confusion of Princes

Garth Nix

HarperCollins, May 15, 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 352 pages

Garth Nix, bestselling author of the Keys to the Kingdom series and Shade’s Children, combines space opera with a coming-of-age story in his YA novel A Confusion of Princes.
 
Superhuman. Immortal. Prince in a Galactic Empire. There has to be a catch….
 
Khemri learns the minute he becomes a Prince that princes need to be hard to kill—for they are always in danger. Their greatest threat? Other Princes. Every Prince wants to become Emperor and the surest way to do so is to kill, dishonor, or sideline any potential competitor. There are rules, but as Khemri discovers, rules can be bent and even broken.
 
There are also mysteries. Khemri is drawn into the hidden workings of the Empire and is dispatched on a secret mission. In the ruins of space battle, he meets a young woman, called Raine, who challenges his view of the Empire, of Princes, and of himself. But Khemri is a Prince, and even if he wanted to leave the Empire behind, there are forces there that have very definite plans for his future.

What people are saying

Review: A Confusion of Princes

User Review  - Cornerofmadness - Goodreads

This book is more like 3.5 but there were things holding me back. When I checked it out, the librarian wondered how many books would be in this series. Turns out, just one. Oh I suppose Nix could go ...

Review: A Confusion of Princes

User Review  - Anna - Goodreads

If given a choice between a mediocre guy book (which this is) and a bad girl book, I'll choose the latter every time. The guy books just completely lack any character interest, although the world building tends to be interesting. I gave up on this book to go read a bad girl book.

About the author

Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. A full-time writer since 2001, he has worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. Garth's books include the award-winning fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen, and the science-fiction adventure A Confusion of Princes. His fantasy novels for younger readers include The Ragwitch, the six books of The Seventh Tower sequence, The Keys to the Kingdom series, and Troubletwisters, co-written with Sean Williams. More than five million copies of his books have been sold around the world; his books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, the Guardian, and the Australian; and his work has been translated into thirty-nine languages. He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two children.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Confusion of Princes
• Author: Garth Nix
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 2012
• ISBN: 0060096942, 9780060096946
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General; Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Fiction / Royalty; Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction; Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Adolescence