A Confusion of Princes
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| Author | Garth Nix |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult, childrens, Fantasy, Science Fiction |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | May 15, 2012 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 352 pp (HardCover, HarperCollins) |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0060096946 (HardCover, HarperCollins) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 779833109 |
A Confusion of Princes is a young adult space opera novel written by Garth Nix. The book was published on May 15, 2012 by HarperCollins.
Plot summary
Taken from his parents as a child and equipped with biological and technological improvements, Khemri is now an enhanced human being, trained and prepared for the glory of becoming a Prince of the Empire. Not to mention the ultimate glory: should he die, and be deemed worthy, he will be reborn...Which is just as well, because no sooner has Prince Khemri graduated to full Princehood than he learns the terrible truth behind the Empire: there are ten million princes, and all of them want each other dead.
Setting
The Priesthoods
In the setting are 16 priesthoods of the Emperor, each concerned with a particular aspect. The priests are the servants of the Imperial Mind (that is the Emperor). Princes do not consider the Emperor a God, and nor do his priests. The Aspects are
- Inquiring Intelligence:
- Weighty Decision Maker:
- Emperor’s Loving Heart:
- Shadowed Blade: Assasins
- Mending Hand:
- Noble Warrior:
- Cold Calculator:
- Emperor’s Discerning Hand:
- Inward Traveller: Specialises in Psitek
- Kindly Gardener: Specialists in Bitek, includes medics
- Rigorous Engineer: Specialists in Mektek, including small devices and weapons
- Instructive Father:
- Joyful Companion:
- Wrathful Foe:
- Wrathful Foe:
- Stern Adjudicator: