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A Confusion of Princes
Author	Garth Nix
Language	English
Genre	Young adult, children's, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	May 15, 2012
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	352 pp (HardCover, HarperCollins)
ISBN	ISBN 978-0060096946 (HardCover, HarperCollins) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character
OCLC	779833109

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A Confusion of Princes is a young adult space opera novel written by Garth Nix. The book was published on May 15, 2012 by HarperCollins.

Plot summary

Taken from his parents as a child and equipped with biological and technological improvements, Khemri is now an enhanced human being, trained and prepared for the glory of becoming a Prince of the Empire. Also, should he die, he can be resurrected in a matter of month's. This is fortunate, as no soon does he meet Hadadd, his chief of Assassins and protector, then he is the attempted victim of assassination. He manages to make his way through training, but makes an enemy of the powerful House Jerazis. He then leaves the empire temporarily to live as a human, and falls in love with Raine, a local. After being recalled for a chance to compete to be emperor, and learning that after twenty years struggling to control the Imperial Mind, the emperor is absorbed, he allows another Prince to take the role, and goesto live with Raine.

Setting

The Priesthoods

Teks Psitek: Mental Communication Mektek: Mechanical Engineering, allows advanced machinery Bitek: Biological Engineering, allows regeneration, growing of cells

The Imperial Mind: A gestalt entity of all the previous Emperors, directed by the present incumbent. However, typically after twenty years the directing identity begins to be subsumed, and a new directing identity is needed.

Emperor: Requires the extraordinarily high degree of native Psitek ability to ascend the throne and direct the Imperial Mind, has absolute power to direct the Mind and through the Mind, every Prince and every priest

In the setting are 16 priesthoods of the Emperor, each concerned with a particular aspect. The priests are the servants of the Imperial Mind (that is the Emperor). Princes do not consider the Emperor a God, and nor do his priests. The Aspects are

Inquiring Intelligence:
Weighty Decision Maker: Specialists in genetic testing for choosing Prince Candidates
Emperor’s Loving Heart:
Shadowed Blade: Assassins
Mending Hand:
Noble Warrior:
Cold Calculator: Specialists in calculating probability of events
Emperor’s Discerning Hand: Handle sensitive matters for the emperor. Decide whether Princes should be reborn.
Inward Traveller: Specialises in Psitek
Kindly Gardener: Specialists in Bitek, includes medics
Rigorous Engineer: Specialists in Mektek, including small devices and weapons
Instructive Father:
Joyful Companion:
Wrathful Foe:
Stern Adjudicator:

Other media

The online computer game Imperial Galaxy is based on the book,^[1] but was released long before the book.^[2]

References

^ "Imperial Galaxy". Creative Enclave. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
^ Nix, Garth (2012). A Confusion of Princes. HarperCollins.

External links

[imperial_galaxy-1] "Imperial Galaxy". Creative Enclave. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

[confusion_of_princes-2] Nix, Garth (2012). A Confusion of Princes. HarperCollins.

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-Taken from his parents as a child and equipped with biological and technological improvements, Khemri is now an enhanced human being, trained and prepared for the glory of becoming a Prince of the Empire. Not to mention the ultimate glory: should he die, and be deemed worthy, he will be reborn...Which is just as well, because no sooner has Prince Khemri graduated to full Princehood than he learns the terrible truth behind the Empire: there are ten million princes, and all of them want each other dead.
+Taken from his parents as a child and equipped with biological and technological improvements, Khemri is now an enhanced human being, trained and prepared for the glory of becoming a Prince of the Empire. Also, should he die, he can be resurrected in a matter of month's. This is fortunate, as no soon does he meet Hadadd, his chief of Assassins and protector, then he is the attempted victim of assassination. He manages to make his way through training, but makes an enemy of the powerful House Jerazis. He then leaves the empire temporarily to live as a human, and falls in love with Raine, a local. After being recalled for a chance to compete to be emperor, and learning that after twenty years struggling to control the Imperial Mind, the emperor is absorbed, he allows another Prince to take the role, and goesto live with Raine.
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