Wyrd Sisters (Discworld)

Three witches gathered on a lonely heath. A king cruelly murdered; his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. A child heir and the crown of the kingdom, both missing.

The omens are not auspicious for the new incumbent, for whom ascending this tainted throne is a more complicated affair than you might imagine, particularly when the blood on your hands just won't wash off and you're facing a future with knives in it.