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Un royaume vacille, ? deux doigts de la destruction. Un roi est port? disparu. Qui va survivre? D?couvrez-le dans la suite du roman Le faux prince de Jennifer A. Nielsen!
Quelques semaines apr's que Jaron ait pris le tr?ne, une tentative d'assassinat le met en danger de mort. Les rumeurs d'une guerre imminente l'inqui?tent et il sent la pression monter doucement ? Carthya. S'il veut sauver le royaume, le d?serter sera bient't sa seule option. Mais plus Jaron doit cacher son identit?, plus il se demande s'il est possible de s'?chapper. Pourra-t-il un jour rentrer chez lui? Ou devra-t-il se sacrifier pour sauver le royaume?
Ce deuxi?me chapitre du Tr?ne de Carthya emm?ne le lecteur sur des montagnes russes m?lant trahisons et meurtres, frissons et dangers!
Four orphans vying for a stolen crown. Each with a choice, between living someone else's life, and losing their own. A kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction. A king gone missing. Who will survive? Find out in the highly anticipated sequel to Jennifer A. Nielsen's blockbuster The False Prince (Le faux prince)!
Just weeks after Jaron has taken the throne, an assassination attempt forces him into a deadly situation. Rumors of a coming war are winding their way between the castle walls, and Jaron feels the pressure quietly mounting within Carthya. Soon, it becomes clear that deserting the kingdom may be his only hope of saving it. But the further Jaron is forced to run from his identity, the more he wonders if it is possible to go too far. Will he ever be able to return home again? Or will he have to sacrifice his own life in order to save his kingdom?
The stunning second installment of The Ascendance Trilogy (Le tr?ne de Carthya) takes readers on a rollercoaster ride of treason and murder, thrills and peril, as they journey with the Runaway King!
Original Title: The Runaway King
About the Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen a ?crit plus de 40 livres pour les jeunes, dont Dracula's Decomposition Book, This Book is a Joke et The Sweetheart Deal. Elle vit ? New York, o? elle adore faire du v?lo, chiner aux march's aux puces et faire du jardinage sur son escalier de secours. Jennifer A. Nielsen is the acclaimed author of The False Prince (Le faux prince), the first book in the Ascendance Trilogy. Jen also wrote the Underworld Chronicles, a humorous middle-grade fantasy series. She collects old books, loves good theater, and thinks that a quiet afternoon in the mountains makes for a nearly perfect moment. She lives in northern Utah with her husband, their three children, and a perpetually muddy dog.
