Braveheart Chronicles: The King Lives

Everyone believes Prince Warner is dead. Murdock intends to keep it that way.

Betrayed, wounded, and left for dead, Warner awakens in a hidden mountain cave to discover that his kingdom has been stolen and his family remains trapped inside Castle Rock.

His rescuer, the aging knight Cadfael, knows Warner cannot simply return and reclaim his throne. First, the angry young prince must learn what it truly means to become a king.

While Murdock rules through fear, Queen Graciela, Princess Rowena, and a growing band of unlikely allies refuse to surrender hope. Soon a dangerous rumor begins spreading across the kingdom:

The prince is alive.

As Warner's strength returns, he must choose between vengeance and faith, between fighting for a crown and fighting for his people. And when whispered hope finally becomes open rebellion, the battle for Castle Rock will test everything he has learned.

The enemy has the castle.

The enemy has the throne.

But the king lives.

Braveheart: The King Lives is the second installment of The Braveheart Chronicles, a Christian medieval adventure of courage, redemption, sacrifice, and faith.

I prefer the shorter version for the actual Amazon product page. It gets Warner, Cadfael, Murdock, the central spiritual conflict, and the coming war in front of the reader quickly, while leaving most of Book 2's surprises undisclosed.