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Fool’s Assassin
Fitz and the Fool (Related to this series)
- Author
- Robin Hobb
- Narrator
- Lee Maxwell-Simpson, Avita Jay
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 29 October 2015
- Run Time
- 28 hours 41 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Historical fantasy, Speculative fiction, Adventure / action fiction, Traditional or cultural fiction and true stories, tales and retellings, Classic fiction: literary and general, Fiction: inspired by or adapted from other media, Narrative theme: coming of age
- Rating
- 5.0 (4 reviews)
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What to expect
'Fantasy as it ought to be written' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
Tom Badgerlock has been living peaceably in the manor house at Withywoods with his beloved wife Molly these many years, the estate a reward to his family for loyal service to the crown.
But behind the facade of respectable middle-age lies a turbulent and violent past. For Tom Badgerlock is actually FitzChivalry Farseer, bastard scion of the Farseer line, convicted user of Beast-magic, and assassin. A man who has risked much for his king and lost more…
On a shelf in his den sits a triptych carved in memory stone of a man, a wolf and a fool. Once, these three were inseparable friends: Fitz, Nighteyes and the Fool. But one is long dead, and one long-missing.
Then one Winterfest night a messenger arrives to seek out Fitz, but mysteriously disappears, leaving nothing but a blood-trail. What was the message? Who was the sender? And what has happened to the messenger?
Suddenly Fitz's violent old life erupts into the peace of his new world, and nothing and no one is safe.
Critics Review
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‘In today’s crowded fantasy market Robin Hobb’s books are like diamonds in a sea of zircons’ George R. R. Martin
'Hobb is superb, spinning wonderful characters and plots from pure imagination' Conn Iggulden
'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
‘Robin Hobb is without question among the two or three finest writers of fantasy working today’ 5 stars for Fool’s Assassin, SFX
‘Fantasy writers don’t come much bigger than Robin Hobb’ Independent
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Details
- Author
- Robin Hobb
- Narrator
- Lee Maxwell-Simpson, Avita Jay
- Duration
- 28 hours 41 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 October 2015
- ISBN
- 9780008168551
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Historical fantasy, Speculative fiction, Adventure / action fiction, Traditional or cultural fiction and true stories, tales and retellings, Classic fiction: literary and general, Fiction: inspired by or adapted from other media, Narrative theme: coming of age
- Rating
- 5.0(4 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(4 reviews)
Synopsis
'Fantasy as it ought to be written' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Tom Badgerlock has been living peaceably in the manor house at Withywoods with his beloved wife Molly these many years, the estate a reward to his family for loyal service to the crown. But behind the facade of respectable middle-age lies a turbulent and violent past. For Tom Badgerlock is actually FitzChivalry Farseer, bastard scion of the Farseer line, convicted user of Beast-magic, and assassin. A man who has risked much for his king and lost more… On a shelf in his den sits a triptych carved in memory stone of a man, a wolf and a fool. Once, these three were inseparable friends: Fitz, Nighteyes and the Fool. But one is long dead, and one long-missing. Then one Winterfest night a messenger arrives to seek out Fitz, but mysteriously disappears, leaving nothing but a blood-trail. What was the message? Who was the sender? And what has happened to the messenger? Suddenly Fitz's violent old life erupts into the peace of his new world, and nothing and no one is safe.
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