The Traitor Prince - C.J. Reswine

stolen throne. A deadly tournament. A dark truth.

The only way Javan can prove he's the rightful heir to the throne is to trust a girl with a dangerous secret.

Javan Naiafai.

crown prince of

Akram, has spent the last ten years at an elite boarding school, far away from his kingdom.

But his eagerly awaited return home is cut short when a mysterious impostor takes his place and no one believes Javan is the true prince.

After barely escaping the impostor's as-sassins, Javan is thrown into Magbara, the kingdom's most dangerous prison. The only way to gain an audience with the king and reveal Javan's identity is to fight in Maq-bara's twice-yearly tournament. But winning is much harder than acing competitions at school, and soon Javan finds himself beset not just by the terrifying creatures in the arena but also by a band of prisoners allied against him, and even by the warden herself.

The only person who can help him is

Sajda, who has been enslaved by Magbara's warden since she was a child, and whose guarded demeanor and powerful right hook keep the prisoners in check. Working with Sajda might be the only way Javan can escape alive but she has dangerous secrets.

Together, Javan and Saida have to outwit the vicious warden, outfight deadly crea-tures. and outlast the murderous prisoners intent on killing Javan. If they fail, they'll be trapped in Magbara for good and the secret Sajda's been hiding will bury them both.