The Empty Palace

Nineteen years after the king and queen of Hebaron were murdered by a most sinister magic, seventeen young men are put through a series of trials to prove the true identity of the hidden heir to the throne. Most are sure the captain of the guard’s eldest son, the impulsive yet charismatic Jotham Derrit, is the missing prince, but the young man himself doubts it--and with good reason. The missing prince who is to inherit the empty palace was known to contain a powerful magic himself--even as a baby who had saved his own life from the killer that claimed his parents' lives.