Instead he has announced the child in an indiscreet message to my husband.Īnd so, in the face of this base disgrace, what does my lord do? Why, not only does he insist the bastard must be brought to Buckkeep Castle, he then bestows on Chivalry the title to Withywoods, and sends him out to pasture there with his graceless, barren wife. His bastard child, fathered on a Mountain whore, has been revealed.Īs shameful as that is, it could have been handled far more discreetly if his clever-as-a-stone brother Prince Verity had taken swift and decisive action to eliminate the disgrace. My stepson, Prince Chivalry, has exposed himself as the crude fellow I have always known him to be. As you so delicately hinted, yes, there has been shattering news delivered to me. emotionally rich storytelling.We have been friends far too long for me to be circumspect. “Modern fantasy at its irresistible best.” -The Guardian “ prose sparkles, her characters leap off the page.” - Tordotcom “ one of the best characters in fantasy literature.” - Fantasy Book Review A book meant to be inhabited rather than run through.” - The Seattle Times “Hobb knows the complicated workings of the wayward human heart, and she takes time to depict them in her tale, to tell her story sweetly, insistently, compellingly. Now, to protect his new life, the former assassin must once again take up his old one. Though Fitz is haunted by the disappearance of the Fool, who did so much to shape Fitz into the man he has become, such private hurts are put aside in the business of daily life, at least until the appearance of menacing, pale-skinned strangers casts a sinister shadow over Fitz’s past. Masquerading as Tom Badgerlock, Fitz is now married to his childhood sweetheart, Molly, and leading the quiet life of a country squire. As far as the rest of the world knows, FitzChivalry Farseer is dead and buried. And now, at last, she has come home, with an astonishing new novel that opens a dark and gripping chapter in the Farseer saga.įitzChivalry-royal bastard and former king’s assassin-has left his life of intrigue behind.

But no matter how far she roamed, her heart always remained with Fitz.

Over the years, Hobb’s imagination has soared throughout the mythic lands of the Six Duchies in such bestselling series as the Liveship Traders Trilogy and the Rain Wilds Chronicles. Martin, Robin Hobb helped pave the way for such talented new voices as Scott Lynch, Brandon Sanderson, and Naomi Novik. A watershed moment in modern fantasy, this novel-and those that followed-broke exciting new ground in a beloved genre. Nearly twenty years ago, Robin Hobb burst upon the fantasy scene with the first of her acclaimed Farseer novels, Assassin’s Apprentice, which introduced the characters of FitzChivalry Farseer and his uncanny friend the Fool.

Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb