Book Details:
Paperback edition published by Puffin, London, 1980 reprint.
Sleeve notes:
John Christopher's powerful, disturbing trilogy of life in a violent England of the future is now made available for the first time
in a single volume.
Luke is Prince in Waiting, heir to the ruler of one of the settlements that are now dotted all over England after the great Disaster.
The Seers have planned that he shall unite the settlements and bring back the old scientific knowledge. But the Seers have chosen badly...
The Prince in Waiting trilogy:
The Prince in Waiting
Beyond the Burning Lands
The Sword of the Spirits
Book Source:
Terry Jenkins