The Winged Throne

Aleks Sopsey was a reject. But he quickly grew tired of the other kids laughing at him because of his name (The jeering of "Soapy! Soapy!" still rang in his ears), being bullied by older kids for his slutty stepsister, and ignored by just about every adult he'd ever known. But times had changed. He wasn't a scrawny, nerdy ten year old boy with a lisp, in a new neighborhood after his mother's third marriage. Now he was a six foot three, lean, muscular, sixteen year old with golden hair and a handsome face. A star athlete and an all Honors student at Cramm High School, life is easy and the future is bright.
But Heaven is bound to turn into Hell. Amidst economic and political crises in Poland, its President and Council of Ministers have voted to return the nation to a monarchy. The royal blood is traced to a number of candidates around the world, one of them being Aleks. Taken from his home in the United States and whisked away to a competition for the crown, he will be forced to fight with his mind, body, and soul for the title, and even sometimes his life.