Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Tagged on: begins with birthday    false rumors spread about MC's death    long-lost orphaned royalty    loyal bodyguard    MC has secret identity    MC is shot    WWI

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Tagged on: armed and dangerous magic creatures    dying parent drives plot    genius MC    loyal bodyguard

Aurelia by Anne Osterlund

Tagged on: loyal bodyguard    MC wanted dead by family

Princess Pawn by Maggie L Wood

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Tagged on: dragged into other world    loyal bodyguard    magic chess board

Fragments by Dan Wells

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Tagged on: humans in hiding    loyal bodyguard    quest through wasteland