Raised in New York, Sean suddenly discovers his parents aren't his parents after all, and that he is the rightful heir to a kingdom 'not on this earth'.
Prince in Hiding is the first book of the Making of a Mage-King trilogy. In this book, Sean must learn how to manipulate the magic born into his family, and he must do so before his uncle discovers he has returned.
Excerpt
Eventually Sean drifted off, but his sleep was filled with scenes of death, both real and imagined. His mother walking up to a door in a dark parking lot, and then just crumpling like a broken doll. His father riding through Central Park, and then some junky shoots him in the back. His uncle sitting in that alley, blood splattered everywhere, staring at him with gentle eyes that had suddenly gone empty.
When I wrote ths book in 2000, I was concerned about children having access to the Internet and to chat rooms where "you can be anyone you want." Here we are many years later and the situation with children talking freely to stangers on the Internet