**This is a review from the ML Vault, included here as a book essential to the Werewolf/Shapeshifter subgenre**
Borderlands Press, 2008
ISBN: 9871880325988
Available: New
Lost Prince is a heavy read from the beginning. That’s not to say it’s not enjoyable, the detail and scope of the story is overwhelming at times, before considering that the setting is the one of the most evil moments in known human history– the Spanish Inquisition. This is not a novel for a light read. Yarbro creates sympathy and tension for her characters immediately with a slowly twisting plot that is always just a bit more extensive than the reader expects. The only fault in an otherwise amazing work of historical horror is a embarrassingly large number of copy editing errors.
Lost Prince is a stunning addition to private and public libraries. Yarbro’s “monsters” are the more human characters, leaving the horror to
bloom in the form of man’s inhumanity against man.
Note the copy reviewed was neither listed as a advanced review copy or an uncorrected proof.
Contains: Torture