I need to thank my reader, Helen Mazarakis, for reading King of Thorns one chunk at a time as I wrote it, and telling me what she thought.

Many thanks go to Ginjer Buchanan at Ace for taking a chance on me, and to both her and Kat Sherbo for all their labour in making The Broken Empire series a success.

My editor at HarperCollins Voyager, Jane Johnson, deserves huge thanks for all her splendid efforts to date. Thanks also to Amy McCulloch and Laura Mell, who have worked various wonders on my behalf.

And finally, my agent Ian Drury must be thanked for getting me the gig in the first place and for continuing to sell my books across the world. Gaia Banks and Virginia Ascione, working with Ian at Sheil Land Associates Ltd., also need thanking for their efforts in getting Jorg’s story into so many translations.

Guardaos del Príncipe del Mal…

A los nueve años vio cómo mataban a su madre y a su hermano. A los trece ya era el líder de una banda de sanguinarios maleantes. A los quince será rey…

Ha llegado el momento de que el príncipe Honorio Jorg Ancrath regrese al castillo que abandonó para reclamar lo que por derecho le pertenece. Desde el día en que quedó atrapado en un zarzal y vio cómo los hombres del conde Renar asesinaban a su madre y a su hermano pequeño, Jorg sólo ha vivido para dar rienda suelta a su rabia. La vida y la muerte no son más que un juego para él… y ya no le queda nada que perder.