Sage knows that Conner’s motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword’s point - he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king’s long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing.
Violence: some moderate fight scenes, one person is killed with an arrow and another with a sword, a person is whipped and left in a dungeonĬlick through to buy The False Prince: Book 1 of the Ascendance Trilogy from Amazon and Attack of the Books will get a (small) portion of the purchase (which we’ll use to buy more books, of course).THE FALSE PRINCE is the thrilling first book in a brand-new trilogy filled with danger and deceit and hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.I think boys will really enjoy reading this book, girls too, but I’m always on the lookout for books that seem good for boys because I think they are harder to find. I’m very excited to read the next book in the series and am glad it’s being released fairly soon (March 2013). There are lots of twists and turns and danger seems to lurk around every corner. A lot of the characters seem somewhat gray, which I found added some interest for me as I tried to decide who I really liked, and who I didn’t. The author has done a great job of leaving clues for readers, but also keeps them guessing about Sage and what his intentions are. I had seen it on a 2012 best reads list somewhere, but I wasn’t completely taken by the description of the book. I was very pleasantly surprised by The False Prince: Book 1 of the Ascendance Trilogy. Defiant yet resourceful, Sage seems capable of winning over the nobleman’s favor, but is there really enough time for him to learn what is necessary to deceive the king’s royal court and take the throne? And does Sage really want to win the nobleman’s game, just to become the his puppet king?
At the end of two weeks, the nobleman will choose one of the boys to fill the position of the missing prince.
Sage must compete with the other boys to stay alive by learning to pass as royalty.
The four boys all seem to resemble the kingdom’s missing prince who is believed to have been killed by pirates. Sage and three other boys are quietly taken from different orphanages by a nobleman.
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