Rachel Caine
NY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
PRINCE OF SHADOWS: YA HISTORICAL FANTASY
YA historical fantasy
The tragic love affair of Romeo and Juliet isn’t what it seems to be. From the viewpoint of Romeo’s cousin Belvolio, the heartbreak is only the end of a story that starts with their doomed friend Mercutio … and might spell the death of every member of both the Capulet and Montague houses, if he can’t work with Romeo’s first love Rosaline to uncover the truth, and stop a curse that never should have been.
Prince of Shadows was named by the Texas Library Association to the Spirit of Texas list (2015).
Prince of Shadows
A thrilling retelling of the star-crossed tale of Romeo and Juliet, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Morganville Vampires series.
In the Houses of Montague and Capulet, there is only one goal: power. The boys are born to fight and die for honor and—if they survive—marry for influence and money, not love. The girls are assets, to be spent wisely. Their wishes are of no import. Their fates are written on the day they are born.
Benvolio Montague, cousin to Romeo, knows all this. He expects to die for his cousin, for his house, but a spark of rebellion still lives inside him. At night, he is the Prince of Shadows, the greatest thief in Verona—and he risks all as he steals from House Capulet. In doing so, he sets eyes on convent-bound Rosaline, and a terrible curse begins that will claim the lives of many in Verona…
…And will rewrite all their fates, forever.
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