Where to buy Captive Prince (book 1)
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Captive Prince
2014
Captive Prince book one is the trade novel Captive Prince (2014), C. S. Pacat. Not Kings Rising. Not a short. Dark Rise is a different trilogy.
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Captive Prince (2014)
Book one of the trilogy. Then Prince's Gambit, then Kings Rising. The Summer Palace stories come after the novels, or not at all. Dark Rise is not this series.
The trade novel is book one
Captive Prince is the first of three. The trade edition is dated 2014. Earlier serial parts were gathered into that novel. Do not collect those fragments as extra volumes. Prince’s Gambit (2014) is book two. Kings Rising (2016) closes the trilogy.
What is not this book
A short in The Summer Palace and Other Stories is aftercare. It is not an on-ramp. Dark Rise is a different Pacat trilogy.
The full trilogy
The three novels, and the shorts labeled so they stay shorts, live on the Captive Prince reading-order guide. This page only names book one.
FAQ
Where to buy Captive Prince book 1?
Captive Prince, C. S. Pacat. Trade year 2014. Not Kings Rising. Not a short.
Can I start with Kings Rising?
No. It closes the trilogy.
Is Dark Rise the same series?
No. Different trilogy.
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