The PRINCE IN WAITING
Thirteen-year-old Luke has no reason to suspect that anything will ever change in the primitive society of the future in which he lives.
Children's stories, Science fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Children's fiction
Sam Youd
Sam Youd, who wrote under a number of pseudonyms is particularly noted for his works written as **John Christopher** such as the *Tripods Trilogy* or the *Sword of the Spirits Trilogy*.

Sam Youd was born in Huyton, Lancashire (though Youd is an old Cheshire surname). He adopted the name Christopher Samuel Youd for his professional writings, leading to the widespread but mistaken belief that that was his birth name. Throughout his life he was known simply as Sam to his friends and acquaintances.