Amazon Anna's Passion Category:  Fantasy Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN-10:  1434368661 Type: Fiction Pages: 316 Copyright: April 22, 2008 ISBN-13: 9781434368669 Prince Harris has no clue what it means to be a king. His father is a king, and his father says he'll be a king in his turn, but what does a king do? Follow Harris as he figures it out. Prince Harris travels first south, learning all the wonders of the world as he goes, to foster with the neighboring king.  There he learns the duties of a prince and the trials of being a soldier.  There he makes unlikely friends with legends and fairytales, and then he discoveres the need to go home, and what he finds there would shatter the hardest heart.  He discovers that in order to be the king he needs to be, he must first reunite his country and rescue his people from bandits and slavers. Excerpt Early the next morning, after everyone mounted up, Harris looked around. He’d lived here all his life, and never really looked at things much. The big four-story palace with all its windows, that had been his whole world, somehow looked different today. The mountains in the back - were they always that big? And his father, the giant man in his life, looked small now, standing there in the frame of the big double doors, looking so out-of-place. Everything around here suddenly looked small and empty.

Larry Buchanan
I don't usually enjoy this genre of fiction, but King By Right of Blood and Might captivated me. Finally, a book with characters of strength and courage, not wimpy, dysfunctional like so many other books these days. Gotta see the movie.

Shellflower
King by Right of Blood and Might is an epic tale of a young man who was born a prince, yet was forced by circumstance to fight for his Kingdom rather than easily inherit it. This intricately-woven tale takes the prince from the palace that has kept him prisoner for most of his life out into the world that he has been aching to experience. What he finds is a shock. The Kingdom of Penn is not much of a kingdom at all; in fact, it's been taken over by bandits ruled by the evil Kain who has also gained control of the queen, Harris' mother. As the truth unfolds, Harris finds that his love for the Great Mother is rewarded by her blessing and he works to unite his kingdom and free its people from slavers, poverty, and Kain's grip of power. With the help of healers and truthsayers, shape-shifters, and nomads he wins over along the way, there is plenty of fascinating paranormal action and adventure to keep any reader turning the pages. Set in post, post, post-apocalypse America, this enchanting tale reads more like a Medieval adventure story than a post-apocalypse survival novel. I was slightly disappointed to find this out, as I am a huge apocalypse novel fan, but perhaps a prequel will come out to quench my curiosity over what happened just after the great disaster. I loved the healing with herbs and magic, the selkies, and the Mother Goddess religion in this story. The nomads were interesting, as well, reminiscent of Ghegis Khan and his people and also the Native Americans. Overall, this is a fun read that would suit young adults as well as adults interested in fantasy, knights, and adventure. It is also ripe for prequels and sequels, which I hope Ms. Walls plans on writing.

J.L. Knox
I enjoyed this book. It was, to be honest, not my usual taste. I tend toward more realism, or the ultimate in realism: memoir. In fact, I only read King by Right of Blood and Might due to a book exchange. That said, it was really a great story, and now that I've read it, I might ease up a bit on my genre-specific bias.

OK, so the story is timely: interested in 2012? Read it. In the beginning an asteroid hits the moon, which sets of a series of climactic events that end up wiping out much of the human population. This sets the scene. Good.

The story is then centered on a King, who is faced with the opposition that is his standing. His is the story that truly drives the action, and the ravaged world that acts as the backdrop to the story is one that lends to the atmosphere.

I admire Anna Walls because I could never write something so fantasy-driven. I've tried, and it's just a place my writing mind won't go. I truly appreciate writer who can accomplish this, and do so well.