Book description
A glorious classic fantasy combining the magic of Ursula Le Guin's The
Wizard of Earthsea with the epic Mastery of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the
virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma.
Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chilvary Farseer, is
a royal bastard, cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only
his magical link with animals - the old art known as the Wit - gives him
solace and companionship. But the Wit, if used too often, is a perilous
magic, and one abhorred by the nobility.
So when Fitz is finally adopted into the royal household, he must give
up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribbing, courtly
manners; and how to kill a man secretly, as he trains to become a royal
assassin. 'Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers … what
makes her novels as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative
brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics.'
The Times
'In today's crowded fantasy market Robin Hobb's books are like diamonds
in a sea of zircons'
George R. R. Martin Robin Hobb was born in California in 1952 and
majored in Communications at Denver University, Colorado. Assassin's
Apprentice was her first novel which began the internationally acclaimed
Farseer trilogy. Since then she has found further success with her
wonderful series: The Live Ship Traders and The Tawny Man. Her latest
trilogy is The Soldier Son, beginning with Shaman's Crossing and
continuing with Forest Mage. Robin Hobb lives outside Seattle, Washington.
Her website is: www. robinhobb. com.
