The Prince in Waiting

"The voice spoke again: 'A great Prince and the father of one yet greater. His son shall be Prince of Princes!' A second crown appeared out of the darkness. Peter stood on my father's right hand and I watched for it to move towards him, to rest over his head as the first one rested over my father's. And then my heart pounded, the blood dinned in my ears and I put my hand to the chair behind me so that I should not fall from dizziness. And my eyes were dazzled with the light shining down on to my upturned face."--Back cover.