TO KILL A KINGDOM

For fans of Sarah J. Maas and Marissa Meyer, THE PRINCES' BANE is an action-filled, darkly romantic, YA fantasy of star-crossed lovers caught in a war between land and sea (Romeo and Juliet meets the original (and dark) Hans Christian Andersen version of The Little Mermaid.

Prince Elian of Midas is destined to inherit his father's throne, but he prefers the dangerous vocation of hunting sirens, deadly sea monsters who lure humans to their deaths. His most sought-after target is the flame-haired siren known as the Princes' Bane, who is reported to have a special taste for royal blood. Lira enjoys her reputation as the bane of princes and the most terrifying of all her mother's subjects. Each year on her birthday, she kills a human royal, and this year she's chosen Elian as her prey. But when she prevents another from killing the Midasan prince, a known siren hunter, in order to save him for herself, her mother is furious. She transforms Lira into a defenseless human and banishes her to the surface, with orders to kill the prince...or die trying. Riveting and beautifully written, THE PRINCES' BANE is about sworn enemies who must form an unlikely alliance against the forces that would destroy them both.

Final, edited ms available in June 2016.

ELIAN UND LIRA - DAS WILDE HERZ DER SEE
Deutsch von Petra Koob-Pawis
[HC dtv 07/18; TB dtv 06/2020]