Raymond E. Feist' s continuation of his classic Riftwar series. Set twenty years after the events of the Riftwar, Prince of the Blood follows the adventures of Prince Arutha's sons in the dangerously unstable Great Empire of Kesh. Set twenty years after the events in The Riftwar Saga, Prince of the Blood follows the adventures that erupt when a group of powerful nobles attempt to overthrow the Empress of Kesh, bitterly dividing the court. In the center of the conflict are the two princes of Krondor, Borric and Erland. When Borric escapes and makes a desperate journey back to the court to warn of the traitor's plans - which if they were to succeed, would start a war that would tear the Empire apart.