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The Golden Fool

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The second in the thrilling fantasy series returning readers to the Six Duchies and the magical world of the Farseers, from the author of the bestselling Assassin’s Apprentice.

Fitz has succeeded in rescuing Prince Dutiful from the clutches of the Piebald rebels, and has returned with him to Buckkeep castle. With Dutiful safe again, Queen Kettricken can proceed with plans to marry him to the Outislander princess, Elliania, but with tensions building among the peoples of the Six Duchies over Kettricken’s tolerance of the Wittted, even Buckkeep is no longer safe. A reluctant Fitz is assigned to protect the young prince, and also train him in the Skill, and in doing so he finally makes contact not only with his estranged daughter, Nettle, but with someone in Buckkeep who may possess a greater Skill talent than Fitz. And who may represent a terrible threat to the Farseers. Meanwhile, Elliania arrives, and before she will accept Prince Dutiful’s betrothal challenges him to undertake an impossible quest. He must kill a legendary Outislander dragon.

Critics Review

  • ‘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

    Assassin’s Apprentice:
    ‘A gleaming debut’
    PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

    Assassin’s Quest:
    ‘Assassin’s Quest achieves a bittersweet, powerful complexity rare in fantasy’ LOCUS

    ‘Robin Hobb writes achingly well’
    SFX

    Praise for The Liveship Traders series:
    ‘Even better than the Assassin books. I didn’t think that was possible’
    George R R Martin

    ‘Hobb is a remarkable storyteller.’
    Guardian

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