I finished reading Blood of Ambrose by James Enge a few days ago.  It was a darker fantasy book than I care for.

The basic story is a king coming of age in the middle of a coup.  Fortunately he has some usual relatives to help him out.

I don’t plan on reading more of this author’s work – it wasn’t bad but I didn’t really care about the characters and the story itself was quite a bit darker than I like.