Once A Prince

Once a Prince: A Novel

An Exiled Royal. A Regime Enforcer. A Revolution That Will Unite Them.

He was born in a palace of gold, his destiny written in the stars of ancient kings. He was born in a village of dust, his future promised to God and revolution. Two boys, one nation, and a collision course with history.

Darius, the last Crown Prince of the Pahlavi dynasty, watched from exile as his glittering world shattered in the fire of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The Peacock Throne, once a symbol of Persian empire, is gone-replaced by a theocratic regime that rules with the whip and the noose. Haunted by his family's legacy of arrogance and blind to the people's suffering, Darius must decide: fade into obscurity or fight for a country that curses his name.

Rasul, a devout son of the revolution, rose through the ranks of the fearsome Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. From a poor, faithful boy, he became a colonel who signed execution orders, believing he was serving God. But with every life taken, every protest crushed, the ghost of his mother's curse and the words of a banned poet begin to crack his iron faith.

As the regime tightens its grip, exporting terror and drowning its own people in blood, these two men-the spoiled prince and the ruthless soldier-find their paths mysteriously intertwining. From the glittering exile circles of Istanbul to the blood-soaked cells of Evin Prison, a silent conspiracy pulls the strings of power, and a truth more dangerous than any rebellion is about to be exposed.

Can a man who lost a throne and a man who wielded the gun unite to save a nation? Their journey will lead to an impossible choice and a march that will shake the world-a walk of hope, sacrifice, and redemption that will prove the most powerful weapon is not a crown or a rifle, but the will of the people.

A sweeping, epic tale for our times, Once a Prince is perfect for fans of the emotional depth of The Kite Runner, the political intrigue of House of Cards, and the revolutionary spirit of Les Misérables.