I will be revenged upon the killers of my father and my brother. Let it be a chain upon me and a goad within me. Let my brother and my father and my ancestors buried here bear witness. I swear it before She Who Judges, and He Who Remembers, and She Who Makes Fast the Knot. “I, Yardi, son of Uthrik and Laithlin, King of Gettland, swear an oath! I swear a sun-oath and a moon-oath. Yarvi, a boy-prince with a crippled hand, is suddenly king of Gettland.īefore Yardi and his men sail to Vansterland to avenge the death of his father and brother, he swears a oath before his people. But days before he can take the test to enter the ministry, his brother and father are murdered in a trap set by a rival kingdom. Yardi was meant for the ministry where he would guide the king with wisdom. His older brother was groomed to be the next king which was just as well for Yardi since he was born disfigured with one half of a knobby, twisted hand on one side. Prince Yardi was born the youngest son of the Gettland King. To get his throne back, this young prince must escape his iron collar and shackles, outwit those who chase him on the run, make allies from former enemies, and claim his birthright by force, even if he is only half a man. Half a King is the first in a high fantasy series that follows the life of a man who was born into royalty and sold into slavery after being betrayed by the very family he loved.
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