Home |Register |Sign In Home Top Picks: All Books Fool’s Assassin Fool’s Assassin by Robin Hobb Price: $28.00 (Hardcover) MorePublished: August 12, 2014 Rating: 0.0/ 5 (0 votes cast) From the Publisher: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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 friendthe Fool.</p><p> A watershed moment in modern fantasy, this novel—and those that followed—broke exciting new ground in a beloved genre.</p><p> Together with George R.</p><p> R.</p><p> Martin, Robin Hobb helped pave the way for suchtalented new voices as Scott Lynch, Brandon Sanderson, and Naomi Novik.</p><p> 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.</p><p> But no matter how far she roamed, herheart always remained with Fitz.</p><p> And now, at last, she has come home,with an astonishing new novel… Rate This Book Add To Wishlist |Rate/Review Add To Bookshelf Get This Book Personalize / Add More ChoicesGo to your preferred retailer, click to choose a format and you' ll be taken directly to their site where you can get this book.</p><p> What We Say In the beginning of a new fantasy trilogy, writer Robin Hobb returns to her most popular characters: Fitz and the Fool.</p><p> Quite triumphantly so, I'd say.</p><p> You needn't read everything she's done before to enjoy this tale, thoughclearly fans of the Farseer and Tawny Man trilogies will be the first to line up.</p><p> Here we find Fitz, a once andfuture assassin, living a quiet life.</p><p> Hobb very confidently keeps a calm quiet pace for the first half of the book, Share This Book About The Author Robin Hobb Robin Hobb is the author of the Farseer Trilogy, the Liveship Traders Trilogy, theTawny Man Trilogy, the Soldier Son Trilogy, and the Rain Wilds Chronicles.</p><p> She has also written as Megan Lindholm.</p><p> She is a nativeof Washington State.</p><p> Release Info List Price: $28.00 (Hardcover) Published: August 12, 2014 Publisher: Del Rey Pages: 688 ISBN 10: 0553392425 ISBN 13: 9780553392425letting us sink into this world and appreciate the life Fitz has (the more to ache when it is threatened, of course).</p><p> I found it thoroughly compelling.</p><p> HIs wife insists that at her very advanced age that she's pregnant.</p><p> Fitzis almost worried for her mental health but humors her nonetheless...and then a child is born.</p><p> Hobb really kicks into high gear for me not when the action comes tumbling out (as it does by the climax) but by switching the point of view from Fitz to the child, a truly fascinating character worthy of taking her place alongside Fitz and the Fool.</p><p> Surely those who know Hobb's work best will be the most moved by the various plots that have led to this moment in the lives of these characters.</p><p> But it's a rich, complex story… More What Others Say Praise for Fool’s Assassin “[Robin] 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. . . .</p><p> A book meant to be inhabited rather than run through.” —The Seattle Times “[FitzChivalry Farseer is] one of the best characters in fantasy literature.” —Fantasy Book Review “[Hobb’s] prose sparkles, her characters leap off the page.” —Tor.com “Modern fantasy at its irresistible best.” —The Guardian “Fantastic . . . emotionally rich storytelling.” —Library Journal (starred review) Praise for Robin Hobb “Fantasy as it ought to be written . . .</p><p> Robin Hobb’s books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.” —George R.</p><p> R.</p><p> Martin What You Say Filter by No Reviews Found ..... about us |faq|advertise |privacy policy |contact us ©2015, BookBuddha LLc.</p><p> All Rights Reserved.
