The Rat Queen III: The Prince
The Rat Queen, #3
Reeks: The Rat Queen
Robby Charters
- Third
- in
- The
- Rat
- Queen
- series:
- It
- starts
- in
- the
- same
- place
- as
- the
- first,
- but
- outside
- the
- ship,
- as
- it
- took
- off
- prematurely.
- The
- family
- that
- missed
- the
- flight
- were
- relations
- to
- the
- Grand
- Duke
- Olav
- Volkovitch.
- The
- baby,
- who
- eventually
- became
- the
- Rat
- Queen,
- was
- also
- destined
- for
- a
- grand
- future
- as
- queen
- of
- Moskovi,
- the
- Russian
- planet.
- Everyone
- but
- Ivan,
- the
- pilot,
- thinks
- that
- Elton
- deliberately
- hijacked
- the
- ship,
- kidnapping
- the
- princess.The
- story
- begins
- from
- the
- narrative
- point
- of
- view
- of
- the
- pilot,
- Ivan,
- who
- knows
- that
- Elton
- was
- not
- a
- pilot,
- but
- he
- is
- forced
- to
- keep
- quiet
- about
- it,
- as
- his
- life
- isn't
- his
- own.
- Through
- a
- series
- of
- events,
- involving
- political
- intrigue
- and
- threats
- of
- blackmail
- and
- murder,
- the
- tables
- are
- turned
- on
- the
- Grand
- Duke
- who
- now
- has
- to
- flee,
- with
- insufficient
- fuel
- to
- penetrate
- hyperspace.
- He
- chooses
- to
- flee
- to
- Old
- Earth
- in
- his
- personal
- ship,
- piloted
- by
- Ivan.
- Also
- on
- board,
- is
- Boris,
- the
- Duke's
- young
- grandson,
- who
- has
- fled
- onto
- the
- ship
- to
- escape
- the
- deadly
- confrontation
- between
- his
- grandfather
- and
- his
- parents,
- not
- knowing
- if
- his
- parents
- survived.
- While
- everyone
- else
- is
- in
- stasis
- for
- the
- one
- year
- journey,
- Ivan
- befriends
- Boris,
- and
- they
- bond
- in
- much
- the
- same
- way
- as
- Elton
- did,
- with
- Boris's
- cousin,
- the
- Rat
- Queen.Still
- in
- orbit
- around
- Old
- Earth,
- is
- the
- space
- station
- where
- Strrruptl
- could
- use
- a
- human
- accomplice
- for
- his
- conquest
- of
- Old
- Earth.
- Olav
- Volkovitch
- is
- just
- the
- person
- for
- the job.
