Book Review: The Shadow Prince

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

The Shadow Prince     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Jan Zimlich
Class/Genre:   Romance
Love Spell, Sep2002, $5.99, 304 pp.

Arkanna killed Shalelle because the High Priestess of the Arizanti Tribe refused to bend to her will. The murderer offers the same deal to Shalelle’s daughter Lorienne, who rejects her too. Arkanna informs her prisoner that she sold her to the Prince of the Busae Empire to insure safe passage for the tribe. If the Busae arrive in time Lorienne might live long enough to pleasure her owners.

Prince Busae rescues Lorienne, but gives her as a present to ensure the loyalty of his half-brother, the demon trained sorcerer Adrik. As the couple becomes acquainted with one another, they begin to fall in love. However, Adrik knows the anointed time of swapping his life to enable his demon mentor to use his body is upon him. Besides the demands of his teacher, Busae abducts Lorienne. Will Adrik rescue his true love or go along with his demonic induced fate that he has spent a lifetime training to accomplish?

THE SHADOW PRINCE is a powerful romantic fantasy inside a vividly described BC setting. The story line is loaded with action from the very until the final confrontation, but the key to this book is the strength of the key characters (villains and heroes) so that readers understand their motives and backgrounds (though Arkanna’s role seems short changed). Jan Zimlich provides fans with a deep tale that will appeal to the tastes of the cross genre audience.

Harriet Klausner

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