Imriel de la Courcel’s blood parents are history’s most reviled traitors, but his adoptive parents, the Comtesse Phèdre and the warrior-priest Joscelin, are Terre d’Ange’s greatest champions.

At the royal court, where gossip is the chosen poison and assailants wield slander instead of swords, the young prince fights character assassins while struggling with his own innermost conflicts. But when Imriel departs to study at the famed University of Tiberium, the perils he faces turn infinitely more deadly. Searching for wisdom, he finds instead a web of manipulation, where innocent words hide sinister meanings, and your lover of last night may become your hired killer before dawn. Now a simple act of friendship will leave Imriel trapped in a besieged city where the infamous Melisande is worshiped as a goddess; where a dead man leads an army; and where the prince must face his greatest test: to find his true self.

I’m currently making my way through the Jacqueline Carey books as part of a readalong with a group of other blogger buddies.  We’ve just finished the first series that started with Kushiel’s Dart and focus on the exploits of Phedre.   We’re now about to embark on the second trilogy starting with Kushiel’s Scion which focuses on Imriel.  If you’re interested in joining the readalong the details and other participants are below.  This is a nice gentle readalong and as this is the start of a new series I don’t believe it’s necessary to have read the first three – so, if you want to read some Jacqueline Carey this could be just the incentive and time for you to jump on board.

Here is the current schedule:

And here is the current list of participators:
Allie at Tethyan Books
Lisa at Over the Effing Rainbow
Lynn at Lynn’s Book Blog
Emily at Emma Wolf
Susan at Dab of Darkness