A Confusion of Princes. by Garth Nix
Finally managed to pry it from my husband. I really did enjoy the read, a universe where ten million princes fight for the right to be emperor, being trained and moulded into a certain mind-set. Into this world comes Prince Khemri, who dies three times and from these deaths learns how to live.
Very much in the tradition of the older SF it does seem to come abruptly to a halt after a roller-coaster ride to that point.
