SYNOPSIS
Three princes fighting for a crown. Three princesses fighting for their lives. When Iiriniss rescues a severely wounded prince from an ambush, she fears that nothing good will come of it. She and her sisters know his father, King Jethron Bloodthorne, too well since he took everything from them—their family, their land, their freedom. Iiriniss has sworn to avenge her father, but she can’t let Prince Terven die. She has a debt to repay to him. And the more time she spends with him, the more she realises that he is not like his father and his two brothers. Iiriniss and her sisters may have found an unexpected ally, but by saving Terven's life Iiriniss has put herself and her sisters in even more danger.
The Renegades is the first book of a riveting new fantasy series. Terven is knowns as the White Prince. He is the third son of King Jethron Bloodthorne, the powerful ruler of the Two Kingdoms who seeks power above all else. Terven, though his own child, poses a threat to his quest for power, and Jethron seeks to eliminate him. After surviving an ambush on his company of soldiers, Terven is saved by Iiriniss, a nyvan whose father the King killed years ago in his venture to become the one true king of the realm. Iiriniss is determined to get back at her father’s killers, but as she spends time with Prince Terven and travels alongside him, she realizes that blood does not necessarily begat the nature of one’s intentions. Terven is not like his bloodthirsty, power-hungry father or his brothers. Hunted, scared and desperate, Iiriniss, Terven, Iiriniss’s sisters, and a reluctant witch hunter learn that sometimes doing the right thing, such as warning others of impending danger or helping a perceived enemy, can bring together surprise alliances, but also new dangers.
The Renegades was a fascinating read. From the start, I had a hard time putting it down. The action and suspense of Iiriniss’s, Terven’s, Yarrow’s and Dee’s plights make you yearn to know what will happen next, and what danger is waiting for the characters at the next turn of a page. The book blends the bloodthirsty desire for power as exhibited in the King and Terven’s family with persecution of other races, such as nyvans; journeying to new lands; and a slowly blossoming sense of romance to form a world that is part Game of Thrones, part Shannara and entirely captivating.