The King's Own

From In the strongly Scottish-flavored kingdom of Inversterre, the young nobleman Rabbit joins the army to get away from his family. Unfortunately, his combination of social rank and magical talent make him indispensable in some situations and uncontrollable in others. He eventually becomes the most potent mage in the threatened Borderlands, with a host of problems in his lap. Then King Janno, his cousin, solves a shortage of heirs by choosing Rabbit for that dubious honor without relieving him of any of his responsibilities on the border. One of those is a murder investigation that turns out to mean peril for heir, king, kingdom, and everybody else a reader may have come to care about. A gifted if not dazzling storyteller, Freeman has created an absorbing fantasy world as the setting for a classic story of intrigue both material and magical. Consider directing fans of Kurtz's Deryni saga toward Freeman and her work. Roland Green Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Product Description When Rabbit joined the Royal Army of Iversterre, he was just trying to get off the family farm. Instead, he got mixed up with a magical from the Border, learned he couldn't escape his noble lineage, and developed some surprising talents that he can't always control. But with Iversterre sliding toward the abyss, Rabbit needs to master his powers quickly-before someone else does it for him.