King of Thorns

King of Thorns is the sequel to Prince of Thorns and the second book in The Broken Empire trilogy.


 * Arranged Marriage: Between Jorg and Miana. It seals an alliance between their countries.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: The entire left side of Jorg's face gets burned, greatly marring his good looks.
 * Green-Eyed Monster
 * Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Orrin is exactly as virtuous as his reputation has him.
 * Kill It with Fire
 * Littlest Cancer Patient: She even melts Jorg's cold heart
 * Lost Technology: An ancient snowglobe is considered a great treasure, and Jorg has in his treasury a mechanical clown toy and a wristwatch.
 * Love Triangle
 * The Messiah: Orrin of Arrow, who is on his way to unite the hundred kingdoms under his wise and benevolent rule.
 * Mutants: Gog and Gorgoth, who both look quite inhuman.
 * The Necromancer: Jorg also has minor necromantic powers.
 * Our Zombies Are Different
 * Perfectly Arranged Marriage: The clever and headstrong Miana turns out to be a great match for Jorg... except for her being only twelve. Jorg likes curves, you see.
 * Pet the Dog: Jorg mellows somewhat in this book. He acts nice towards Gog, a child, and gives valuable items to help an unimportant little peasant girl who is dying of leukemia.
 * Playing with Fire: Gog and all pyromancers can manipulate fire.
 * Power Incontinence: Gog has problems with setting everything on fire while sleeping.
 * The Wise Prince: Orrin of Arrow, who is perfect to an astonishing degree.
 * Power Incontinence: Gog has problems with setting everything on fire while sleeping.
 * The Wise Prince: Orrin of Arrow, who is perfect to an astonishing degree.