Once a country known as Carthya was in threat of attack by another country, and the only way to stop the war was to find the King's lost son. A regent of the King named Conner knew that the King's son Prince Jaron was attacked by pirates at sea so he was dead because he hired the pirates to kill Jaron. So Conner secretly went to a four orphanages and got four boys, Tobias, Roden, Latimer and Sage. As the four boys rode to Conner's home it was getting dark, so the camped out in the middle of a desert. Before everyone went to sleep Conner told them his plan and thence said if they wanted they could leave. Latimer told Conner he wanted to leave, so Conner told him to have a seat in the wagon. When Latimer stepped into the wagon one of Conner's men shot him with a bow & arrow. The text evidence for this event would be chapter three pages 24-26. When they woke up in the morning they ate breakfast and got right on the road. They got to Conner's house at about mid-day. Conner told the three boys that were left, "You will stay at my house for couple weeks and then one would be chosen to play the roll of prince Jaron." First the three boys needed to learn how to act like the Prince. Conner had servants that taught them how to read, write, fight with swords and ride horses just as good as the Prince could. One night the bethroed Princess Amarinda (soon to be married to Prince Darius) came to Conner's house for dinner. Chapters 29-31. Roden, Tobias and Sage were disguised as servants. When the princess was at Conner's house, the King, Queen and Darius died of a poison in there food. When the news got to the Princess she went strait to her room. The Princess left early the next morning. this was also the day before Conner picked a Prince. An evil low ranked regent named Veldergrath came to Conner's home suspiciously thinking he knows that Sage, Tobias and Roden are there he and his men searched the house for the boys but found no trace of them so he and his men left immediately. After Veldergrath left, they discussed who would be the prince and Conner chose... Roden. Tobias and Sage went to their room for an hour or so, and Conner summoned them to his office sage walked in rolling a coin across his knuckles and Conner said can you do that with your right hand Sage switched hands with ease. Conner asked Roden if he could do that he shook his head no. Conner jumped up and said you are the prince!! Prince Jaron was famous for rolling a coin over his knuckles! Chapters 34-37. The day before they went to the castle to show the regents Sage was the "prince" they stayed at an inn. Conner told Sage that for picking him to be prince he had to promise to make Conner head of regents Sage agreed on one condition, Conner does not kill Tobias or Roden because Conner agreed to that. so the next day they went to the castle and Sage convinced the king's regents he was Prince Jaron and sent Conner to jail for killing Jaron's family. I found this in chapter 44 to the end of the book.