The Steel Prince by VE Schwab Book Spotlight!

Author: VE Schwab

Illustrator: Andrea Olimpieri

Publisher: Titan Comics

Softcover, 112pp, $16.99, £13.99

On sale: March 5, 2019

ISBN: 978-1785865879

Written by #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab and torn from the universe of the Shades of Magic sequence, this all-original comic book prequel to A Darker Shade of Magic is perfect for fans of bloody, swashbuckling adventure and gritty fantasy!

Delve into the thrilling, epic tale of the young and arrogant prince Maxim Maresh, long before he became the king of Red London and adoptive father to Kell, the lead of A Darker Shade of Magic!

The youthful Maresh is sent to a violent and unmanageable port city on the Blood Coast of Verose, on strict orders from his father, King Nokil Maresh, to cut his military teeth in this lawless landscape.

There, he encounters an unruly band of soldiers, a lawless landscape, and the intoxicatingly deadly presence of the newly returned pirate queen, Arisa...

Collects Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince #1-4.

Shades of Magic series

1. A Darker Shade of Magic (2015)
2. A Gathering of Shadows (2016)
3. A Conjuring of Light (2017)

V. E. Schwab's first adult novel, Vicious, debuted to critical praise and reader accolades. She is the author of the NYT bestselling Shades of Magic series, as well as a number of MG and YA novels, including This Savage Song. She has been called "the heir to Diana Wynne Jones." Her dynamic work has caught the attention of major TV and film studios. Schwab has a Masters degree in Art History from the University of Edinburgh. She currently lives in Nashville, TN, but frequents Edinburgh.

She is one of Entertainment Weekly's "27 Female Authors Who Rule Sci-Fi and Fantasy Right Now". 

http://www.veschwab.com/