The Queen's Birds Can't Fly

Henry is seventeen, with one year to decide if he will follow the path of royalty or step up to his family to pursue his own dreams. But trapped in his golden cage, he doesn't even know if he had the time to create any.
As he finds himself overwhelmed with questions about the future of his country, mental health and addiction, his path crosses the one of Nasir-an irreverent student with a taste for uncomfortable truths.
The two boys stumble together, trying to fly free from their family heritage. But the cage is maybe vaster than Henry thought, and high in the sky, a bird of prey is watching.

"Henry fled America yesterday. He made the right decision. He knows the broken heart he left behind is better off scarred forever than trapped in the cold stones he grew up in.
He thinks about the summer he learned that lesson. A summer filled with tears, cypress scent and grief. A summer sweet, filled with first times, and music, and food.
The summer, he learned how to lose people."