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• 2025: Fiction Book of the Year, Ultimate Championship Trophy, Best Writing (Fiction), Best Fiction, Best Fantasy, Best Romance, Best World-Building, Best Character (Natharr), Outstanding Creator Awards

• 2024: International Impact Book Award • Book of the Week, LitLinks, December 2024

• 2023: Finalist, Best Mentor Character, Indie Ink Awards

• 2022: The BookFest Award

• 2021: International Firebird Book Award

• 2020: Runner-Up Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of the Year, OnlineBookClub.org • Quarter Finalist Screencraft Cinematic Book Competition

Natharr is Guardian of Maarihk, one of a long line of protectors dating back to the Firstborn Age, before the Aa Conquest. Natharr's is an ancient role, rooted in his Firstblood, giving him Sight to see what is yet to be. He adheres to his sacred duties even in the centuries since the Firstborn were forced to the brink of extinction by the Aa.

Natharr still stands guard over all men, Aa or Firstborn, Seeing what will come to pass, deciding what is unavoidable and what is not. He spends decades planning how to save the life of the newborn Crown Prince Vikari so he may one day reclaim the throne of the land where Mankind was created, back in the time when the Olde Gods still walked.

Reviews

• "I've been won over by Crown Prince! The world is deeply conceived. The prose is well crafted. The solemn, almost-inhuman Guardian/seer standing guard during a deadly siege as the young queen gives birth makes for a hell of a great start! That weightiness to his character was a key point of interest to me that comes across right from the opening pages, plunging right into the thick of it for a wonderful change of pace. Crown Prince is intriguing, grand, strange, and shadowed by ill-omens. It is Shakespearean." — Tom Mock, author of The Long Nights

• "A very good book ... [and] a very great read! Natharr is very much tested as he strives to save the life of newborn Crown Prince Vikari. This book reads wonderfully, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to get to know the story. It is full of pulse-pounding adventure and also features great, extensive world-building! Definitely a recommend from me!” — Philip Chase, Ph.D., medievalist and author of The Way of Edan

• 5/5 Stars — “Crown Prince is an epic fantasy that opens with a siege, a royal birth, and a man burdened by prophecy. After the violent collapse of the old order, it turns into something more intimate: a survival story, a guardianship story, and eventually a family story. Natharr, Darshelle, and the infant Vikari spend so much time together that the book earns its emotional weight scene by scene. There’s tenderness in the roughness. Natharr can be curt, stubborn, and unintentionally funny, which keeps him from feeling like a stock heroic figure. Darshelle gives the book warmth ... their dynamic keeps the story human even when the setting gets mythic. Crown Prince is a serious, character-driven fantasy novel that cares as much about protection, loyalty, and inheritance as it does about battles and magic. It’s at its best when it lets emotional commitment and political danger press against each other.” — Literary Titan

• 5/5 Stars — “Kilpack presents an atmospheric and immersive journey into a richly crafted fantasy world, balancing a strong character-led adventure with a wider web of plots. A clear flair for character, dialogue, and attitude from the start. Natharr’s intense presence affect[s] all who encounter him. The weightiness of his responsibilities and the depth of the world-building immediately gripped my attention and, as the story unfolded, the way the characters’ attitudes and actions were shaped by the realism of the worldbuilding was totally compelling. This book delivers on every promise of pulse-pounding adventure — coupled with dark storytelling, strong descriptive skills, and captivating character development that balances emotion with duty well. I recommend Crown Prince.” — K.C. Finn, USA Today best-selling author of The Book of Shade

• 5/5 Stars — Crown Prince “is one of the best fantasies I’ve read ... loaded with rich world-building and steeped in magic ... character-driven and emotionally complex. Natharr flees with the king’s newborn heir and the wet nurse, strong-willed Darshelle ... to keep the child safe until he is old enough to claim the throne. Some great battle[s], including difficult decisions for Natharr [who] must hide all traces of his flight. I love stories that put characters between a rock and a hard place. His relationship with Darshelle and the prince [depict] a man struggling between duty and ... a family he thought [im]possible. A fascinating world, peppered with wonderfully unique creatures with distinct personalities — some helpful, some deadly. All nuanced, multilayered, and thoroughly believable [setting] the stage for ... when duty requires Natharr to leave the prince and Darshelle behind. Highly recommended!” — D. Wallace Peach, author of The Shattered Sea Duology