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A Confusion of Princes

af Garth Nix

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Science Fiction. Science Fiction & Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:Youâ??d think being a Prince in a vast intergalactic empire would be about as good as it gets. Particularly when Princes are faster, smarter, and stronger than normal humans. Not to mention being mostly immortal.

But it isnâ??t as great as it sounds. Princes need to be hard to killâ??as Khemri learns the minute he becomes oneâ??for they are always in danger. Their greatest threat? Other Princes. Every Prince wants to become Emperor, and the surest way to do so is to kill, dishonor, or sideline any potential competitor. There are rules, but as Khemri discovers, rules can be bent and even broken.

There are also mysteries. Khemri is drawn into the hidden workings of the Empire and is dispatched on a secret mission. In the ruins of space battle he meets a young woman, called Raine, who challenges his view of the Empire, of Princes, and of himself.

But Khemri is a Prince, and even if he wanted to leave the Empire behind, there are forces there that have very definite plans for his f
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Wow. This one was unique.

Nowhere near as powerful as some of Nix's earlier works (The Abhorsen Trilogy, Shade's Children), but Nix has always been the epitome of the epic world builder for me. He creates an amazing, unique world, and manages to fit some incredibly unique characters within it who have compelling story lines, which always appeals. I've not been as much a fan of the Keys to the Kingdom series, which always felt like they were aimed at younger readers, but I remain highly respectful of him.

The missing star represents the fact that I just didn't like this as much as some of those previous books. It does not mean it wasn't a good book. Very cool. ( )
  lyrrael | Aug 3, 2023 |
When Khemri was only a year old, he was taken from his parents in order to be turned into a Prince Candidate, a being faster, stronger, and smarter than ordinary humans. He spent the next few years of his life getting his body enhanced and improved, and the next few years after that learning how special he was. On his seventeenth birthday, he officially became a Prince, was assigned his Master of Assassins, and was nearly killed by another Prince.

That's when he realized that, in a universe populated by millions of other Princes, 1) he wasn't really all that special and 2) he was in constant danger of being assassinated. Granted, being assassinated isn't necessarily the end when you're a Prince. As long as a Prince is connected to the Imperial Mind when they die, there's a good chance they'll come back to life (in an unharmed and slightly different body).

All Khemri wants is a fancy spaceship and some free time to enjoy himself and all the benefits of being a Prince. Instead, he finds himself caught up in a larger scheme that forces him to constantly work hard and deal with actual danger.

As I read this, I found myself thinking of several other science fiction works: Jupiter Ascending (the feeling of being bombarded with boatloads of disorienting sci-fi stuff), Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan books (their energy, rather than the main character's smarts), and Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch trilogy.

Early Khemri might have been more annoying if the future Khemri who was narrating hadn't been so very aware how naive and arrogant his earlier self was. I enjoyed the narration, and, man, early Khemri sucked. He desperately wanted to be a useless waste of space who did nothing but roll around in luxuries and make use of mind-controlled concubines. I kept expecting Haddad, his very capable Master of Assassins, to "accidentally" allow him to die, but I guess the guy was too much of a professional for that.

The first half of the book, before Khemri met Raine and he instantly fell in love, was the best. Yes, Khemri irked me, but I enjoyed being thrown into this world to learn about it pretty much at the same time Khemri found out most of the things he'd been taught were a lie, and his time in the mini "training" worlds could have been short stories in themselves.

Then Raine and Khemri met, and Khemri was entranced by her beautiful blue eyes. Although Khemri did have some awkward moments, I felt like it should have taken much longer for him to figure out how to properly interact with someone he was interested in who wasn't being mind-controlled. Also, considering what he'd been like up to that point, instalove in general was tough to believe. There was a moment near the end, when Khemri mentioned having to learn that love was something that needs to be worked at rather than an automatic state, when it occurred to me that things could have happened the way they did, but with Khemri and Raine falling out of love. I wonder if the shift in Khemri's thinking would have survived that?

All in all, this was better than I initially expected it to be, but I wish it hadn't relied so heavily on instalove for its exploration of what it means to be human and Khemri's realization that regular Imperial citizens weren't just playthings and tools for Princes.

(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.) ( )
  Familiar_Diversions | Apr 17, 2022 |
Rating refers to the audiobook only.

I remember enjoying the book when it was originally published, but I couldn’t get on with the audiobook. It was partly the narrator’s voice and partly, I think, the difficulty of trying to keep track of the plethora of strange words and names. ( )
  Kindleifier | Mar 28, 2022 |
A quick read, and an interesting coming of age story. The far future Nix created is interesting, and he uses it well to comment on privilege, duty and happiness. The second half feels very rushed, particularly the last section, but overall it was still enjoyable. ( )
  mattclark | May 11, 2020 |
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PHIL WALLACH, game designer and software engineer, and LES PETERSEN, illustrator and graphic designer, who with me worked on the online game Imperial Galaxy, which was based on this book well before I finished writing it
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Science Fiction. Science Fiction & Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:Youâ??d think being a Prince in a vast intergalactic empire would be about as good as it gets. Particularly when Princes are faster, smarter, and stronger than normal humans. Not to mention being mostly immortal.

But it isnâ??t as great as it sounds. Princes need to be hard to killâ??as Khemri learns the minute he becomes oneâ??for they are always in danger. Their greatest threat? Other Princes. Every Prince wants to become Emperor, and the surest way to do so is to kill, dishonor, or sideline any potential competitor. There are rules, but as Khemri discovers, rules can be bent and even broken.

There are also mysteries. Khemri is drawn into the hidden workings of the Empire and is dispatched on a secret mission. In the ruins of space battle he meets a young woman, called Raine, who challenges his view of the Empire, of Princes, and of himself.

But Khemri is a Prince, and even if he wanted to leave the Empire behind, there are forces there that have very definite plans for his f

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