A Wall Street Journal bestseller.

The second book in the million-copy bestselling Kingfountain series from Jeff Wheeler.

Owen Kiskaddon initial found the court of the formidable King Severn like a prisoner, being successful favor using the stormy monarch by masquerading like a young man truly blessed with the Fountain. Nine years therefore, the once-fearful Owen has grown into a assured young man, mentored in fight and politics by Duke Horwath and fond of his youth friend, the duke’s granddaughter..LEARNING MUCH MORE on the subject of The Thief’s Child However the blissful future Owen and Elysabeth Mortimer anticipate appears doomed from the ruler’s machinations.

A pretender to Severn’s throne has vowed to seize the crown of Kingfountain. But Severn methods to fight the threat by using Elysabeth as bait to snare the imposter—and forcing Owen, as a pawn in the harmful charade, to choose between duty and devotion. With poisoners and spies circling ominously, and battle looming coming, Owen must make painful sacrifices to beat back the advancing shadows of death and disaster. Will Owen’s conflicted center follow the king’s route or will he risk everything for love?