What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Beyond the Hanging Wall
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SOLVED. YA Fantasy. Prince is enslaved in the mines and his tattoo burned off. MC is trying to figure out which slave is the prince. Read in 1990s (possibly). [s]
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Beyond the Hanging Wall by Sara Douglass? I had a look at the Google Books preview, and the parts about the tattoo and the laughter seem to match:https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
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One Goodreads reviewer says: "Garth soon discovers that the Veins, as the mines are called, are the most dismal and appalling place imaginable. Imagine his surprise and horror when, while treating prisoner #859, he senses the Manteceros royal tattoo beneath scar tissue on the prisoner’s arm – when everyone in Escator knows that seventeen years ago the crown prince met his death in a tragic hunting accident."
Google Books preview - https://books.google.com/books?id=gFB... There are different cover images.
Becca wrote: "Beyond the Hanging Wall by Sara Douglass? I had a look at the Google Books preview, and the parts about the tattoo and the laughter seem to match:https://www.google.co.uk/books/editi..."
Katie wrote: "Set in a fantasy world - this is a YA book. MC is hunting for a lost prince that they think was captured and put in the mines. He's found a couple of candidates and is trying to figure out which is..."
Yes ! thankyou Becca I think that's it. And I had "Beneath the iron curtain" stuck in my head for ages - I was sort of close! Thankyou - I'm going to read again and see if it's as good as i remember
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This one has been bugging me for YEARS. It's 20+ years old and a library borrow in the UK when I was in my teens (late 90s) so may be a little niche ;)