After her brother goes missing and is presumed dead, Errin and her mother have struggled to survive. She must care for her ill mother and scrape together rent money by selling illegal herbal remedies. Their village is evacuated because of the war with the Sleeping Prince in Lormere and Errin is slowly running out of options.
Leif is still missing, having disappeared when the Sleeping Prince took power, but Errin's friend Silas has stood by her and tries to help. When he too disappears Errin undertakes a journey across Tregellan to find some semblance of safety.
The Sleeping Prince seeks revenge on the people who cursed him to sleep for so many centuries. The science-based Tregellans discover Aurek and his history contradict everything they've believed about myth and history and the creatures which stalk ti boundaries prove there is more to the world than simply science.
Silas's disappearance forces Errin to leave her home and seek answers hidden across the land. She is trained as an apothecary and rediscovers happier times with her family in the places from her past. Memories of Leif and their parents provide a compass as Errin evades the Sleeping Prince and his monsters--both human and otherwise.
She discovers there is no safety - even Twylla hides from Aurek as the tension builds and the resistance is broken apart.
The Sleeping Prince draws from The Sin Eater's Daughter as Salisbury creates a new type of heroine: Twylla and Errin are distinctly different with different goals and motives. Also richly constructed is a new take on classic fantasy motifs this second installment lives up to its predecessor and lays the foundation for the conclusion of the elaborate tale. Teen and young adult readers may be jolted by the vivid violence found in this war-torn series. The Sleeping Prince is followed by The Scarecrow Queen.
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