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In the Diamond Throne, the Pandion Knight Sparhawk returns from ten years' exile by corrupt government officials to find the Queen, who ordered him to return upon her coronation, encased in a diamond hard transparent casing. His tutor in the magical arts, Sephrenia, tells him that this is a powerful enchantment meant to keep the queen in stasis, for she suffers a grave illness. The enchantment, however, has its price. The twelve knights who added their powers to Sephrenia's for the spell will die, one per month, until only Sephrenia remains, and then she, too, will die. Thus begins the search for the cure.
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Sparhawk, the Queen's Champion is caught up in a plot to depose the Queen, dishonor the knightly order, and put a scoundrel into the Archprelate's throne. His Queen poisoned but sustained by the knights' magic, he journeys the land to find a cure and to thwart the plans of a mad knight whose dark magic could plunge the world into a new Dark Age.
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%

FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - saving govt/kingdom from external overthrow
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - cure/disease/bioweapon
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - champion of justice - warrior/knight
Age: - 40's-50's
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - telekinesis - can cast many different spells - Invisibility - can read emotions - healing
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male - an organization
Age: - 40's-50's - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - politician/elected ruler - accused criminal
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - telekinesis - can cast all sorts of spells - Invisibility - can read emotions
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Water - Mountains - Forests
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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