Assassin’s Apprentice Assassin’s Apprentice
Book 1 - The Farseer Trilogy

Assassin’s Apprentice‪ ‬

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Publisher Description

‘Fantasy as it ought to be written’ George R.R. Martin

The kingdom of the Six Duchies is on the brink of civil war when news breaks that the crown prince has fathered a bastard son and is shamed into abdication. The child’s name is Fitz, and his is despised.

Raised in the castle stables, only the company of the king’s fool, the ragged children of the lower city and his unusual affinity with animals provide Fitz with any comfort.

To be useful to the crown, Fitz is trained as an assassin; and to use the traditional magic of the Farseer family. But his tutor, allied to another political faction, is determined to discredit, even kill him. Fitz must survive: for he may be destined to save the kingdom.

Reviews

'What makes her novels addictive is not just their imaginative brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics' The Times

‘Hobb is superb’ Conn Iggulden

‘Hobb is a remarkable storyteller’ Guardian

About the author

Robin Hobb is one of the world’s finest writers of epic fiction. She was born in California in 1952 but raised in Alaska, where she learned how to raise a wolf cub, to skin a moose and to survive in the wilderness. When she married a fisherman who fished herring and the Kodiak salmon-run for half the year, these skills would stand her in good stead. She raised her family, ran a smallholding, delivered post to her remote community, all at the same time as writing stories and novels. She succeeded on all fronts, raising four children and becoming an internationally best-selling writer. She lives in Tacoma, Washington State.

GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
2011
1 September
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
400
Pages
PUBLISHER
HarperVoyager
SIZE
6.6
MB

Customer Reviews

Hawklans ,

Superb

I have fallen in love with the series. Simply brilliant writing so much so I wish the stories would never end.

Lumen3 ,

Assassin’s Apprentice

Read this book in 2017 and found it a bit tiring in the beginning, it got my head all foggy and in knots, wished it to be real. It’s a must read and to have; real classic for me, can’t get enough of it….

Josepmanel1983 ,

What a beautiful start to a journey

I’ve just finished reading this book and I’m speechless. I loved every bit of it. I must admit I was a bit wary when I started reading it because everyone says it’s so sad. It is sad, that’s true, but not to the point that you’re crying the whole time (I only shed a tear twice). All in all, this book was an absolute joy to read and I’m pretty sure I’ll read the whole Realm of the Elderlings saga in time.

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