The first volume in Robin Hobb’s internationally bestselling Farseer series. In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma. Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry Farseer, is a royal bastard cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only his magical link with animals – the old art known as the Wit – gives him solace and companionship. But the Wit, if used too often, is a perilous magic, and one abhorred by the nobility. So when Fitz is finally adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly, as he trains to become a royal assassin.

The Farseer Trilogy

Assassin’s Apprentice

The second volume in Robin Hobb’s internationally bestselling Farseer series. We are here Fitz, you and I, to change the future and the world… Fitz dreams of Red-Ship Raiders sacking a coastal village, leaving not a single man, woman or child alive. Tortured by this terrible vision he returns to the Six Duchies court where all is far from well. King Shrewd has been struck down by a mysterious illness and King-in-waiting, Verity, spends all his time attempting to conjure storms to confuse and destroy the Red-Ship Raiders. And when he leaves on an insane mission to seek out the mystical Elderings, Fitz is left alone and friendless but for the wolf Nighteyes and the King’s Fool with his cryptic prophesies.

Royal Assassin

The gripping finale to Robin Hobb’s classic Farseer trilogy. Keystone. Gate. Crossroads. Catalyst. Fitz is about to discover the truth about the Fool's prophecy. Having been resurrected from his fatal tortures in Regal's dungeons, Fitz has once more foiled Regal's attempts to be rid of him. Now, back in his own body, and after months of rehabilitation, Fitz begins the painful and slow process of learning the ways of a man again. Under the watchful eye of Burrich, old King Shrewd's Stablemaster, Fitz must learn to cast off the wild but carefree ways of the wolf and enter once more the human world: a world beset ever more viciously by the relentless Red Ship Raiders who are now left free to plunder any coastal town they please. But more immediately, a world in which he finds he is utterly alone. Regal has stripped the kingdom of its riches and retired to the inland city of Tradeford. Of Verity, on his quest to find the legendary Elderings, there has been no word; Molly, Kettricken and the Fool have all vanished. Unless Fitz can find Verity and help him in his quest, the Six Duchies will perish and there will be no safe place to live.

Assassin’s Quest

Return to the world of the Farseers… Robin Hobb’s best loved characters, Fitz , The Fool and Nighteyes the wolf, face new adventures and trials in the first book of The Tawny Man trilogy. When Assassin’s Quest closed, Fitz was living in self-imposed exile. Wracked with pain, he had chosen to discard the magical gifts that had seen him survive the wonders and torments of navigating the legendary city of the Elderlings, and of raising a dragon. Now, in this the first of a new trilogy, we are returned to the world of the Six Duchies and the lives of those who managed to survive the events of the first Assassin trilogy. Fifteen years have passed and events are about to sweep Fitz out of his quiet backwater life and into the main political current again. Persecution of the Witted has become rampant throughout the Six Duchies despite Queen Kettricken’s effort to damp it. The Witted themselves have begun to strike back. So when 15 year old Prince Dutiful disappears, is it only because he is nervous about his betrothal ceremony to an Outislander princess, or has he been taken hostage by the Witted? Worse, is he perhaps another ‘Piebald Prince’, a Farseer tainted by Wit magic? As the desperate situation worsens, Kettricken has no choice but to summon Fitz to Buckkeep, for who better to track the young prince down than another gifted with the Wit, together with his bonded companion, the wolf Nighteyes?

The Tawny Man Trilogy

Fool’s Errand

From the author of the classic Farseer trilogy, Ship of Magic is the first part of the Liveship Traders. Set in a land bordering the Six Duchies, Robin Hobb begins her epic of pirates, talking ships, magic, sea serpents, slave revolts, dashing heroes and bloody battles. Wizardwood, a sentient wood. The most precious commodity in the world. Like many legendary wares, it comes only from the Rain River Wilds. But how can one trade with the Rain Wilders, when only a liveship, fashioned from wizardwood, can negotiate the perilous waters of the Rain River? Rare and valuable, a liveship will quicken only when three members, from successive generations, have died on board. The liveship Vivacia is about to undergo her quickening, as Althea Vestrit’s father is carried on deck in his death-throes. Althea waits for the ship that she loves more than anything else in the world to awaken. Only to discover that the Vivacia has been signed away in her father’s will to her brutal brother-in-law, Kyle Haven. . . Others plot to win, or steal, a liveship. The Paragon, known by many as the Pariah, went mad, turned turtle and drowned his crew. Now he lies, blind, lonely and broken on a deserted beach. But greedy men have designs to restore him, to sail the waters of the Rain Wild River once more.

The Liveship Traders

Ship of Magic

'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.

Fitz and the Fool

Fool's Assassin

'Fantasy as it ought to be written' George R.R. Martin Robin Hobb returns to her best loved characters with the second volume in a brand new series. Happy endings never last… Years ago, they freed a dragon from the glaciers on Aslevjal. Then they parted ways, the Fool returning to far-off Clerres, while Fitz finally claimed a wife, a family, and a home of his own. Now, betrayed by his own people and broken by torment, the Fool has made his way back to the Six Duchies. But as Fitz attempts to heal his old friend in Buckkeep Castle, his young daughter Bee is abducted from Withywoods by pale and mysterious raiders who leave ruin and confusion in their wake. Fitz must find a way to rescue his beloved Bee. At the same time it is the Fool’s fiercest wish to return to Clerres with the best assassin he has ever known, to gain vengeance and justice. Can Fitz bear to take up the tools of his old trade again, even to avenge his dearest friend and save his child?

Fool’s Quest

The triumphant conclusion to the Tawny Man trilogy, from the author of the bestselling Farseer and Liveship Traders trilogies. The moving end to the tale of the Farseers, in which kingdoms must stand or fall on the beat of a dragon's wings, or a Fool's heart. A small and sadly untried coterie – the old assassin Chade, the serving-boy Thick, Prince Dutiful, and his reluctant Skillmaster, Fitz – sail towards the distant island of Aslevjal. There they must fulfil the Narcheska’s challenge to her betrothed: to lay the head of the dragon Icefyre, whom legends tell is buried there deep beneath the ice, upon her hearth. Only with the completion of this quest can the marriage proceed, and the resulting alliance signal an end to war between the two kingdoms. It is not a happy ship: tensions between the folk of the Six Duchies and their traditional enemies, the Outislanders, lie just beneath the surface. Thick is constantly ill, and his random but powerful Skilling has taken on a dark and menacing tone, while Chade’s fascination with the Skill is growing to the point of obsession. Having ensured that his beloved friend the Fool is safely left behind in Buckkeep, Fitz is guilt-stricken; but he is determined to keep his fate at bay, since prophecy foretells the Fool’s death if he ever sets foot on the isle of the black dragon. But as their ship draws in towards Aslevjal a lone figure awaits them…

Fool’s Fate

The second volume in this superb trilogy from the author of The Farseer trilogy continues the dramatic tale of piracy, serpents, love and magic. Althea Vestrit has found a new home aboard the liveship Ophelia, but lives only to reclaim the Vivacia as her rightful inheritance. However, Vivacia has been captured by the pirate, ‘King’ Kennit, and is acquiring a keen bloodlust. Bingtown becomes embroiled in a violent political upheaval against the corrupt Jamaillian leader, while the fading fortunes of the Vestrit family lead Malta deeper into the magical secrets of the mysterious Rain Wilds Traders. Beyond Bingtown, enigmatic wood-carver Amber dreams of re-launching the Paragon, The Mad Ship, despite the history of death and despair that surrounds him. Secrets will be revealed – secrets forgotten by sea serpents, hidden by the disfigured Wild Rain Traders, buried deep in wizardwood coffins – secrets with startling, dramatic consequences.

The Mad Ship

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.

The Golden Fool

The much-anticipated final conclusion to the Fitz and The Fool trilogy. Prince FitzChivalry Farseer’s daughter Bee was violently abducted from Withywoods by Servants of the Four in their search for the Unexpected Son, foretold to wield great power. With Fitz in pursuit, the Servants fled through a Skill-pillar, leaving no trace. It seems certain that they and their young hostage have perished in the Skill-river. Clerres, where White Prophets were trained by the Servants to set the world on a better path, has been corrupted by greed. Fitz is determined to reach the city and take vengeance on the Four, not only for the loss of Bee but also for their torture of the Fool. Accompanied by FitzVigilant, son of the assassin Chade, Chade’s protégé Spark and the stableboy Perseverance, Bee's only friend, their journey will take them from the Elderling city of Kelsingra, down the perilous Rain Wild River, and on to the Pirate Isles. Their mission for revenge will become a voyage of discovery, as well as of reunions, transformations and heartrending shocks. Startling answers to old mysteries are revealed. What became of the liveships Paragon and Vivacia and their crews? What is the origin of the Others and their eerie beach? How are liveships and dragons connected? But Fitz and his followers are not the only ones with a deadly grudge against the Four. An ancient wrong will bring them unlikely and dangerous allies in their quest. And if the corrupt society of Clerres is to be brought down, Fitz and the Fool will have to make a series of profound and fateful sacrifices. ASSASSIN’S FATE is a magnificent tour de force and with it Robin Hobb demonstrates yet again that she is the reigning queen of epic fantasy.

Assassin's Fate

Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in this standalone adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wilds River, the first to make the perilous journey to the cocooning grounds in generations. Many have died along the way. With its acid waters and impenetrable forest, it is a hard place for any to survive. People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. One such is Thymara. Born with black claws and other aberrations, she should have been exposed at birth. But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. Like everyone else, Thymara is fascinated by the return of dragons: it is as if they symbolise the return of hope to their war-torn world. Leftrin, captain of the liveship Tarman, also has an interest in the hatching; as does Bingtown newlywed, Alise Finbok, who has made it her life's work to study all there is to know of dragons. But the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. Stunted and deformed, they cannot fly; some seem witless and bestial. Soon, they become a danger and a burden to the Rain Wilders: something must be done. The dragons claim an ancestral memory of a fabled Elderling city far upriver: perhaps there the dragons will find their true home. But Kelsingra appears on no maps and they cannot get there on their own: a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them. To be a dragon keeper is a dangerous job: their charges are vicious and unpredictable, and there are many unknown perils on the journey to a city which may not even exist…

Rain Wilds Chronicles

Dragon Keeper

The first book in the Soldier Son trilogy, from the author of the Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies. Young Nevare Burvelle is the second son of a second son. Traditionally in Gernia, the firstborn son is heir to the family fortunes, the second son bears a sword and the third son is consecrated to the priesthood. Nevare will follow his father – newly made a lord by the King – into the cavalry; to the frontier and thence to an advantageous marriage, to carry on the Burvelle name. It is a golden future, and Nevare looks forward to it with relish. For twenty years King Troven's cavalry have pushed the frontiers of Gernia out across the grasslands, subduing the fierce tribes of the plain on its way. Now they have driven the frontier as far as the Barrier Mountains, home to the enigmatic Speck people. The Specks – a dapple-skinned, forest-dwelling folk – retain the last vestiges of magic in a world which is becoming progressive and technologised. The 'civilised' peoples base their beliefs on a rational philosophy founded on scientific principle and a belief in the good god, who displaced the older deities of their world. To them, the Specks are primeval savages, little better than beasts. Superstitions abound; it is said that they harbour strange diseases and worship trees. Sexual congress with them is regarded as both filthy and foolhardy: the Speck plague which has ravaged the frontier has decimated entire regiments. All these beliefs will touch Nevare's training at the Academy; but his progress there is not as simple as he would wish. He will experience prejudice from the old aristocracy: as the son of a 'new noble' he is segregated into a patrol comprising other new nobles' sons, all of whom will encounter injustice, discrimination and foul play in that hostile and deeply competitive environment. In addition, his world view will be challenged by his unconventional girl-cousin Epiny; and by the bizarre dreams which visit him at night. And then, on Dark Evening, the circus comes to Old Thares, bringing with it the first Specks Nevare has ever seen…

The Soldier Son Trilogy

Shaman’s Crossing

The triumphant conclusion to the magnificent Liveship Traders series. The dragon, Tintaglia, has been released from her wizardwood coffin, only to find that the glories of her kingdom have passed into ancient memory. Meanwhile, Malta Vestrit navigates the acid flow of the Rain Wild River in a decomposing boat, accompanied by the Satrap Cosgo and his Companion Kekki. Against hope, a ship appears in the alien waters, but does it mean rescue, or a further nightmare, for Malta? In ruined Bingtown, the citizens are at war, against the Chalcedean mercenaries besieging the harbour, and also among themselves. If the city is to survive, Ronica Vestrit must unite all its peoples – both Trader and Tattooed – and liberate the city once and for all; but Companion Serilla has a different agenda, and is seeking to establish her own power base. Althea and Brashen are finally at sea together, sailing the liveship Paragon into pirate waters in a last-ditch effort to rescue the Vestrit family liveship, Vivacia, stolen by the Pirate king, Kennit; but there is mutiny brewing in their rag-tag crew; and in the mind of the mad ship itself… Wintrow has liberated She Who Remembers and she can at last fulfil her ancient purpose, but in doing so he has been terribly injured. If Wintrow dies, Kennit fears that Vivacia will lose her fragile sanity: a loss that will also threaten his dreams of power and glory. So he strikes a deal with the ship. And soon the waters around the Vivacia are seething with giant serpents, following the liveship as it sails to its destiny. Majestic and sweeping, Ship of Destiny concludes the tale of the Vestrit family and their part in the history of The Liveship Traders with a soaring and triumphant finale to this unique series of epic fantasy.

Ship of Destiny

For years, the Trader cities valiantly battled their enemies, the Chalcedeans. But they could not have staved off invasion without the powerful dragon Tintaglia. In return, the Traders promised to help her serpents migrate up the Rain Wild River after a long exile at sea—to find a safe haven and, Tintaglia hopes, to restore her species. But too much time has passed, and the newly hatched dragons are damaged and weak, and many die. The few who survive cannot use their wings; earthbound, they are powerless to hunt and vulnerable to human predators willing to kill them for the fabled healing powers of dragon flesh. But Tintaglia has vanished and the Traders are weary of the labor and expense of tending useless dragons. The Trader leadership fears that if it stops providing for the young dragons, the hungry and neglected creatures will rampage—or die along the river’s acidic muddy banks. To avert catastrophe, the dragons decree a move even farther up the treacherous river to Kelsingra, their ancient, mythical homeland whose mysterious location is locked deep within the dragons’ uncertain ancestral memories. To ensure their safe passage, the Traders recruit a disparate group of young people to care for the damaged creatures and escort them to their new home. Among them is Thymara, an unschooled forest girl of sixteen, and Alise, a wealthy Trader’s wife trapped in a loveless marriage, who attaches herself to the expedition as a dragon expert. The two women share a deep kinship with the dragons: Thymara can instinctively communicate with them, and Alise, captivated by their beauty and majesty, has devoted her life to studying them. Embarking on an arduous journey that holds no promise of return, the band of humans and dragons must make its way along the toxic and inhospitable Rain Wild River—an extraordinary odyssey that will teach them lessons about themselves and one another as they experience hardships, betrayals, and joys beyond their wildest dreams.

The final volume in Robin Hobb's popular Rain Wilds fantasy series, Blood of Dragons completes the story of the dragons, their keepers, and their quest to find the lost city of Kelsingra—and the mythical silver wells that the dragons need to survive. Can Tintaglia and the Elderlings unlock the secrets of the ancient city? Or are they doomed to extinction? The world of Robin Hobb’s Rain Wilds series has been praised by Booklist as "one of the most gripping settings in modern fantasy," and Publishers Weekly called the Rain Wilds books "a meticulously realized fantasy tale" and "a welcome addition to contemporary dragon lore."

Blood of Dragons

Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the third instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. Kelsingra awaits for those brave enough to enter… The dragons and their keepers have discovered Kelsingra but so far only Heeby has succeeded in flying over the river to enter the fabled city. The other dragons, with their deformed wings and feeble muscles, are afraid to risk failure and humiliation. But wondrous things await in Kelsingra, a city built for dragons and their Elderling keepers. Alise, overwhelmed by the treasures she finds there, records her finds for posterity. Once the rest of the world knows about the riches the city contains, nothing will ever be the same again. Already, rumours of the city’s discovery have floated down the Rain Wild River and reached envious ears in Bingtown and beyond. Adventurers, pirates and fortune hunters are coming in droves to pillage what they can from the city. As is Hest Finbok, Alise’s husband… Meanwhile, Selden Vestrit finds himself a prisoner of the ailing Duke of Chalced, who believes him to be some sort of dragon-man whose flesh and blood may work miracle cures. Where is Tintaglia, the great sapphire-blue dragon, when all have such need of her? Has she really abandoned her beloved Selden and the fledgling dragons forever? Or will she too return to seek the wonders of Kelsingra?

City of Dragons

Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the second instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. The dragon keepers and the fledgling dragons are forging a passage up the treacherous Rain Wild River. They are in search of the mythical Elderling city of Kelsingra, and are accompanied by the liveship Tarman, its captain, Leftrin, and a group of hunters who must search the forests for game with which to keep the dragons fed. With them are Alise, who has escaped her cold marriage to the cruel libertine Hest Finbok in order to continue her study of dragons, and Hest's amanuensis, Bingtown dandy, Sedric. Rivalries and romances are already threatening to disrupt the band of explorers: but external forces may prove to be even more dangerous. Chalcedean merchants are keen to lay hands on dragon blood and organs to turn them to medicines and profit. Their traitor has infiltrated the expeditionand will stop at nothing to obtain the coveted body parts. And then there are the Rain Wilds themselves: mysterious, unstable and ever perilous, its mighty river running with acid, its jungle impenetrable and its waterways uncharted. Will the expedition reach their destination unscathed? Does the city of Kelsingra even exist? Only one thing is certain: the journey will leave none of the dragons nor their human companions unchanged by the experience.

Dragon Haven

“A full master of the epic fantasy.” —Tulsa World One of the world’s most acclaimed fantasists, New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb returns to the world of her popular “Tawny Man” trilogy with Dragon Haven—the second book, following Dragon Keeper (“Imaginative, literate, and compassionate from first page to last” —Booklist) in an epic adventure about the resurgence of dragons in a world that both needs and fears them. Hobb, whose Soldier Son Trilogy (Shaman’s Crossing, Forest Mage, Renegade’s Magic) has won raves from critics, fans, and peers alike, returns to the Rain Wilds with Dragon Haven, and readers of Raymond Feist, Terry Brooks, and Lois McMaster Bujold will eagerly follow.

A collection of short stories from one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the fantasy genre, Robin Hobb. Including work written under her pseudonym, Megan Lindholm. Bingtown heiresses rub shoulders in this wonderful collection with vampires and alien musicians, tramps and feral cats. In The Homecoming, Lady Carillion Carrock and a number of other Jamaillian nobles are sailing to the Cursed Shores. Their journey is not by choice: for plotting against the Satrap, their wealth has been confiscated and they have been exiled. Until now, Carillion has done nothing but lead a life of privilege. She believes they are bound for wondrous cities, cities where ancient kings and queens dusted their skin with gold and wore jewels above their eyes. But when she is marooned by the ship’s unscrupulous captain, she will soon discover the grim reality of what survival in the Rain Wilds entails. The Silver Lady is a would-be writer, ekeing out a dull existence by working in a Sears store. The one day a man comes in: fortyish, pleasant-looking. Nothing out of the ordinary. Except he says his name is Merlin, and he’s about to change her life. Rosemary got involved with the wrong man. Pell is lazy, good for nothing, a bully. Her best friend Hilia knew it and so did her tom cat, Marmalade. But love is blind: Rosemary had Pell’s baby, renovated the cottage his grandfather left in his will, turned its land to good use; and then he left her for another woman. Now he’s back, and something must be done…

The Inheritance

The final instalment of Robin Hobb’s Sunday Times best-selling series The Rain Wild Chronicles. Dragon blood and scales, dragon liver and eyes and teeth. All required ingredients for medicines with near-miraculous healing powers. The legendary blue dragon Tintaglia is dying of wounds inflicted by hunters sent by the Duke of Chalced, who meanwhile preserves his dwindling life by consuming the blood of the dragon’s poet Selden Vestrit. If Tintaglia perishes, her ancestral memories will die with her. And the dragons in the ancient city of Kelsingra will lose the secret knowledge they need to survive. Their keepers immerse themselves in the dangerously addictive memory-stone records of the city in the hope of recovering the Elderling magic that once allowed humans and dragons to co-exist. In doing so they risk losing their own identities, even their lives. And danger threatens from beyond the city, too. For war is coming: war between dragonkind and those who would destroy them.

The second book in the Soldier Son trilogy, from the author of the Tawny Man trilogy, following on from the bestselling Shaman’s Crossing. The King's Cavalla Academy has been ravaged by the Speck plague. The disease has decimated the ranks of both cadets and instructors, and even the survivors remain sickly. Many have been forced to relinquish their military ambitions and return to their families to face lives of dependency and disappointment. As the Academy infirmary empties, Cadet Nevare Burvelle also prepares to journey home, to attend his brother Rosse's wedding. Far from being a broken man, Nevare is hale and hearty after his convalescence. He has defeated his nemesis, Tree Woman and freed himself of the Speck magic that infected him and attempted to turn him against his own people. A bright future awaits him as a commissioned officer betrothed to a beautiful young noblewoman. Yet his nights are still haunted by dreams of the voluptuous Tree Woman, dreams in which his Speck self betrays everything he holds dear in his waking life. Has the plague infected him in ways far more mysterious than the merely physical? Despite his fears, Nevare will journey back to Widevale in high spirits, in full expectation of a jubilant homecoming and a tender reunion with his beautiful fiancée, Carsina. But his life is about to take a shocking turn, as the magic in his blood roars to life and forces him to recognize that his most dangerous enemy, an enemy that seeks to destroy all he loves, might dwell within him.

Forest Mage

New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb returns to world of the Rain Wilds—called “one of the most gripping settings in modern fantasy” (Booklist)—in City of Dragons. Continuing the enthralling journey she began in her acclaimed Dragon Keeper and Dragon Haven, Hobb rejoins a small group of weak, half-formed and unwanted dragons and their displaced human companions as they search for a legendary sanctuary. Now, as the misfit band approaches its final destination, dragons and keepers alike face a challenge so insurmountable that it threatens to render their long, difficult odyssey utterly meaningless. Touching, powerful, and dazzlingly inventive, Hobb’s City of Dragons is not to be missed—further proof that this author belongs alongside Raymond E. Feist, Terry Brooks, and Lois McMaster Bujold in the pantheon of fantasy fiction’s true greats.

The final book in the Soldier Son series, from the author of the Tawny Man and Farseer trilogies, following on from the bestselling Shaman’s Crossing and Forest Mage. The people of Getty's town remember the death of their cemetery soldier vividly. They remember believing him guilty of unspeakable crimes, condemning him, and then watching as other men of his unit beat him until he no longer drew breath. But Nevare Burvelle didn't die that day, though everyone believes they saw it happen. He was cornered by a power far more intractable than an angry mob. When he was a boy, the magic of the Specks – the dapple-skinned tribes of the frontier forests – claimed Nevare as a saviour; severing his soul in two, naming his stolen half Soldier's Boy and shaping him into a weapon to halt the Gernian expansion into their lands and save their beloved ancestor trees. Until now Nevare has defied the magic, unable to accept his traitorous fate. But the magic has won: it has extinguished his once golden future, devastated his family and has now turned his own people against him. Faced with endangering the only loved-ones he has left, Nevare has no choice but to surrender to its will and enter the forest. But surrendering to his Speck destiny is only the beginning of his trials. Before he submits completely, Nevare makes one desperate last attempt to deter the Gernians from the Barrier Mountains without causing them harm. But the magic accepts no compromise. Exhausted, Nevare can no longer suppress his traitorous Speck self, Soldiers Boy. Losing control, he becomes a prisoner in his own body; able only to watch helplessly as his other half takes Soldier's Boy is determined to stop the Gernian expansion at all cost, and unlike Nevare, he has no love, nor sympathy for his spirit-twin's world.

Renegade’s Magic

Internationally-bestselling, critically-acclaimed author Robin Hobb takes readers deep into the history behind the Farseer series in this exclusive, new novella. One of the darkest legends in the Realm of the Elderlings recounts the tale of the so-called Piebald Prince, a Witted pretender to the throne unseated by the actions of brave nobles so that the Farseer line could continue untainted. Now the truth behind the story is revealed through the account of Felicity, a low-born companion of the Princess Caution at Buckkeep. With Felicity by her side, Caution grows into a headstrong Queen-in-Waiting. But when Caution gives birth to a bastard son who shares the piebald markings of his father s horse, Felicity is the one who raises him. And as the prince comes to power, political intrigue sparks dangerous whispers about the Wit that will change the kingdom forever… In her trademark style, Hobb offers a revealing exploration of a family secret still reverberating generations later when assassin FitzChivalry Farseer comes onto the scene. Fans will not want to miss these tantalizing new insights into a much-beloved world and its unforgettable characters.

The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince

Snigmorderens kald er den fantastiske afslutning på Robin Hobbs store klassiker, Farseer-trilogien, der nu endelig foreligger på dansk. I en lille afsidesliggende hytte vender den unge kongelige snigmorder Fitz langsomt tilbage til livet igen efter sit seneste opgør med prins Regal, der på svigefuld vis har tilranet sig tronen. De få venner, Fitz har, tror nu alle, at han er død, og han kan ikke kontakte dem uden at bringe deres liv i stor fare. Da Fitz således ikke har noget at miste, drager han i selskab med sin ulv af sted til Vadkøbing, hvor De Seks Hertugdømmers nye hersker har trukket sig tilbage efter at have overladt rigets kyst til Rødskibspiraterne. Fitz har et kald: Han må og skal dræbe den mand, der har lagt hele hans verden i ruiner. Pressen skriver: »I dette tredje bind når handlingen et hæsblæsende højdepunkt, der holder læseren i et jerngreb, og efter sidste side efterlader ham både forpustet og fornøjet … først og fremmest er trilogien et drabeligt mesterværk i sin egen ret.« ****** – Ekstra Bladet »Uden tvivl årets allerbedste læseoplevelse – eller måske årtiets. Sublim fantasy når det er allerbedst.« – Litteratursiden »Det er et brag af en finale.« **** – Litteraturlinjer »Det er uden tvivl den bedste serie jeg har læst, og Snigmorderens kald er en helt fantastisk afslutning på FitzChicalrys fascinerede historie.« ***** – Bech’s Books »… en helt igennem fantastisk afslutning på en helt igennem fantastisk serie!« – Bookeater

Farseer-trilogien

Snigmorderens kald

Andet bind i Robin Hobbs store fantasyklassiker, Farseer-trilogien, der nu endelig udkommer på dansk. Efter at være blevet oplært til snigmorder og have overlevet de første hårde prøvelser i Snigmorderens lærling er den unge Fitz tilbage ved hoffet i Bukkenborg. Her må han fortsætte sin ensomme kamp for at beskytte De Seks Hertugdømmer, mens kongen er sat ud af spillet af en mystisk lidelse og kampen om, hvem der skal overtage tronen efter ham, allerede raser i det skjulte. Pressen skrev om første bind, Snigmorderens lærling: »Robin Hobb doserer romanens raffinerede sortekunster helt rigtigt. Ikke for meget, ikke for overdrevet. Det er de menneskelige bevæggrunde og de uregerlige følelser bag brugen af magi, der er interessante, og Hobb holder balancen perfekt.« – Weekendavisen »Den bedste fantasyroman siden Harry Potter. Jeg kan kun give George R. R. Martin ret, ’Snigmordernes lærling’ er en sjælden diamant blandt fantasyromaner. Det er vidunderligt, at Robin Hobb er blevet oversat til dansk, og det kan kun gå for langsomt med både fortsættelsen og resten af hendes bøger. Sproget er fantastisk, og man kan næsten glemme at følge med i handlingen. Der er et væld af detaljer og finesser, og det er helt forfærdeligt at skulle vente til efteråret med at læse videre.« – Litteratursiden

Kongelig snigmorder

Snigmorderens lærling er en stor fortælling om et rige truet af stærke kræfter udefra og svækket af interne stridigheder – og om en ung dreng, der må finde sin egen plads og sit eget værd i en verden af intriger og skjulte magtkampe. En kold vinterdag bliver en seksårig dreng afleveret til kongen af De Seks Hertugdømmers folk med en besked om, at nu er det på tide, at drengens far, kronprins Chivalry, selv tager sig af ham. Drengen får hurtigt kaldenavnet Fitz og bliver sat til at hjælpe til i kongens stalde ved hoffet i Bukkenborg. En bastard kan dog udgøre en potentiel trussel for rigets sikkerhed, så derfor beslutter den gamle kong Shrewd at købe drengens troskab og tage ham under sine vinger. Fitz installeres nu i selve inderborgen, hvor han i det skjulte oplæres til kongelig snigmorder og lærer at bruge Farseer-slægtens særlige evner. Inden længe bliver han også sendt på hemmelige missioner for kongen, som har brug for Fitz i kampen mod Rødskibspiraterne, der truer riget. Hvad Fitz dog ikke ved, er, at der tæt på kongen befinder sig magtfulde kræfter, som gerne ser den unge dreng ryddet af vejen. Pressen skriver: »Robin Hobb er en mesterlig historiefortæller, og hun skriver smukt og billeddannende med alle sanser i spil.« ****** – Ekstra Bladet »Robin Hobb doserer romanens raffinerede sortekunster helt rigtigt. Ikke for meget, ikke for overdrevet. Det er de menneskelige bevæggrunde og de uregerlige følelser bag brugen af magi, der er interessante, og Hobb holder balancen perfekt.« – Weekendavisen »Hvis du ikke allerede læser fantasy, skal du unde dig selv en roman, som ikke foregår omkring den samme opvask og de samme sure sokker, som éns eget liv gør, og Hobbs roman er det perfekte sted at begynde.« **** – Femina »Den bedste fantasyroman siden Harry Potter.« – Litteratursiden »Dette er en af fantasygenrens største klassikere […]« ***** – Litteraturlinjer.dk »… en fantastisk flot fortælling. *****– Bech’s Books »… velskabt, velskrevet, engagerende og sympatisk.« **** – Borough of Books

Snigmorderens lærling

Fantasiatrilogian loistokas päätös huipentaa kertomuksen maagisista, elävistä laivoista. Kasalan kaupunki on kaaoksessa. Ronica Vestrit, suvun matriarkka, on menettänyt asemansa mutta pyrkii silti pelastamaan sekä rakastamansa kaupungin että sukunsa vuosikymmenten työn. Perheensä vaikeuksista tietämättä Althea Vestrit purjehtii vimmaisesti meriä päästäkseen rakastamansa elolaiva Railakkaan luo. Laiva on kuitenkin kunnianhimoisen merirosvo Kennitin kallein aarre, eivätkä merirosvot niin vain luovu saalistaan. Kun merenkävijöiden kohtalot risteävät, myös elolaivojen unohdetut salaisuudet nousevat esiin. Totuus voi tuhota Railakkaan – ja jokaisen sitä koskaan rakastaneen.

Elolaivat

Kohtalon laiva

”Juuri näin fantasiaa pitää kirjoittaa.” – George R. R. Martin. Kauan kaivatun trilogian toinen osa fantasian mestarilta jatkaa rakastettujen hahmojen tarinaa. Entinen salamurhaaja FitzUljas Näkijä on vuosien jälkeen vihdoinkin löytänyt kadonneen ystävänsä Narrin. Jälleennäkeminen on kuitenkin synkkä, sillä Narri on heikossa kunnossa. Salaperäiset kalpeat olennot ovat kiduttaneet häntä saadakseen tietoja lapsesta, jonka on ennustettu muuttavan maailman suunnan. Samat olennot ovat myös siepanneet Fitzin pienen tyttären. Kun Narri pyytää ystäväänsä kostamaan kiduttajilleen, Fitzin on aika verestää vanhoja salamurhaajan taitojaan.

Narri ja näkijä

Narrin vaellus

Robin Hobbin kiitetyn fantasiatrilogian Näkijän taru kiehtova avaus Salamurhaajan oppipoika on mukaansatempaava tarina sankaruudesta, pahuudesta ja kunniasta, uskomattomista kohtaloista ja suuresta seikkailusta maailmassa, jossa ihmeet ovat mahdollisia. Niin kauan kuin tiedetään, Kuutta herttuakuntaa on hallinnut Näkijöiden suku. Mutta ajat ovat muuttuneet ja taistelu vallasta käynyt yhä häikäilemättömämmäksi: barbaarien punalaivat kulkevat pitkin rannikkoa tekemässä tuhojaan, ja kuningas on voimaton.

Näkijän taru

Salamurhaajan oppipoika

FitzUljas Näkijä, alias Tom Mäyräviiru, on elänyt viisitoista vuotta erakkona, seuranaan vain kasvattipoikansa Onni ja sutensa Yönsilmä. Hiljainen elämä häiriintyy, kun ystävät menneisyydestä ilmestyvät yllättäen hänen syrjäiseen majaansa ja vetävät hänet mukaan etsimään Peuralinnan kadonnutta prinssiä. Tehtävä osoittautuu monin verroin raskaammaksi ja mutkikkaammaksi kuin kukaan olisi osannut odottaa. FitzUljas on kuitenkin ainoa, joka voi pelastaa herttuakunnan poliittiselta sekasorrolta, apunaan hallitsemansa kaksi taikuuden lajia: arvostettu, kuninkaallinen Taito ja halveksittu, eläimellinen Vaisto. Narrin matka aloittaa Robin Hobbin Lordi Kultainen -sarjan, joka jatkaa Näkijän taru -trilogian tarinaa.

Lordi kultainen

Narrin matka

Dramaattinen tarina merirosvouksesta, merikäärmeistä, rakkaudesta ja taikuudesta jatkuu! Althea Vestrit on löytänyt uuden aluksen kodikseen mutta elää vain saadakseen takaisin perintönsä, rakkaan elolaiva Railakkaan. Merirosvokuningas Kennit pitää sitä kuitenkin tiukasti otteessaan. Maissakin myrskyää, kun uuden hallitsijan kylmä valta ajaa kauppakaupunki Kasalan sekasortoon. Kaupungin ulkopuolella arvoituksellinen puunveistäjä Meripihka haaveilee hulluksi tulleen elolaivan herättämisestä, vaikka kuoleman ympäröimä alus saattaisi tuhota koko miehistön. Ja hiljalleen paljastuvat jopa merikäärmeiden unohtamat ja syvälle haudatut salaisuudet – joilla on hätkähdyttävät seuraukset.

Raivoisa laiva

Hartaasti odotettu Narri ja Näkijä -trilogian henkeäsalpaava päätösosa fantasian mestarilta. Prinssi FitzUljas Näkijän tytär Pörri on kaapattu. Asialla ovat salaperäiset Palvelijat, Valkoisten profeettojen kouluttajat, jotka aikovat käyttää Pörrin näkijänlahjoja omaksi edukseen. Samalla he vaarantavat koko maailman kohtalon. Fitz ja hänen ystävänsä Narri ovat varmoja, että Pörri on menehtynyt. He lähtevät kostoretkelle, jolla on vain yksi tarkoitus: heidän on matkattava kauas turmeltuneeseen Clerresin kaupunkiin ja surmattava joka ikinen Palvelija. Tuhotakseen Clerresin niin Näkijän kuin Narrinkin on kuitenkin tehtävä raskaita uhrauksia.

Salamurhaajan kohtalo

Näkijän taru -klassikon tekijältä uusi fantasiatrilogia suomeksi! Kallisarvoisesta velhopuusta veistetyt laivat voivat joskus herätä itsestään tietoisiksi elolaivoiksi. Merenkävijä Althea Vestrit odottaa, että hänen rakastamansa Railakas-alus heräisi; laiva on hänen oikeutettu perintönsä. Kun Railakkaan periikin hänen siskonsa, Vestritien kauppiassuku ajautuu valtataisteluun. Laivan kohtalo saattaa kuitenkin olla muiden käsissä, sillä elolaivaa tavoittelee myös kunnianhimoinen merirosvo... Robin Hobb vie Kuuden herttuakunnan rajoille keskelle eksoottista kaukokauppaa ja merikäärmeiden asuttamia vesiä. ”Parempi kuin Näkijän taru – en uskonut, että se olisi mahdollista.” George R.R. Martin

Taikuuden laiva

Hartaasti toivottu suomennos fantasian mestarilta aloittaa uuden ahmittavan sarjan. Lahjakas, yliluonnollisia kykyjä omaava Fitz on kuninkaallisen suvun äpärälapsi. Jo nuorena poikana hän on saanut salamurhaajan koulutuksen ja päässyt palvelemaan kuningasta. Nyt Fitz on viimein jättänyt menneet taakseen ja palannut vaimonsa rinnalle – kunnes saa kutsun auttaa vanhaa tuttavaansa. Maagiseen keskiaikaan sijoittuva Narrin salamurhaaja aloittaa Narri ja Näkijä -trilogian. Robin Hobb on George R. R. Martinin ohella maailman myydyin fantasiakirjailija.

Narrin salamurhaaja

Salamurhaajan taival päättää Robin Hobbin mahtavan Näkijän taru -trilogian. Se on fantasiakirjallisuuden hienoimpia helmiä, unohtumaton tarina, jossa on klassikon ainekset. Kuuden herttuakunnan kohtalo on vaakalaudalla vanhan kuninkaan kuoltua. Kruununprinssi Totuus on kadonnut matkallaan Vuorimaille etsimään tarujen ikiaikaisia, jotka voisivat pelastaa valtakunnan punalaivojen kauheilta hyökkäyksiltä. Kiitetyn fantasiatrilogian muut osat ovat Salamurhaajan oppipoika ja Kuninkaan salamurhaaja.

Salamurhaajan taival

Vauhdikkaan fantasiasarjan päätösosa FitzUljas Näkijä lähtee matkalle pohjoiseen,jossa prinssi Velvollisuuden on määrä surmata viimeinen lohikäärme Icefyre ja pyytää prinsessa Ellianian kättä. Seurue lähtee vastentahtoisesti toteuttamaan tehtäväänsä, sillä Narri on nähnyt ennalta,että Icefyren kuolema koituu myös hänen kohtalokseen – ja ehkä myös koko ihmisrodun kohtaloksi. Miksei prinsessa Elliania peru sopimusta,vaikkei hänkään halua nähdä Icefyreä kuolleena?

Narrin kohtalo

Vauhdikas romaani fantasian ja historiallisten tarinoiden ystäville. Lordi Kultaisen palvelijana esiintyvä Fitz on palannut vastentahtoisesti Peuralinnaan prinssi Velvollisuuden salaiseksi taitomestariksi. Fitz kaipaa kuollutta kumppaniaan susi Yönsilmää ja on huolissaan kasvattipoikansa Onnin puuhista. Näkijöiden hovi on juonittelujen hämähäkinverkko, ja pahaa aavistamaton Fitz tulee astuneeksi monen varpaille. Ystävyyttä oikukkaan Narrin kanssa uhkaa tämän menneisyyteen kätkeytyvä yllättävä salaisuus.

Narrin palvelija

Näkijän tarun kuuden herttuakunnan tarina jatkuu kiihkeiden taistelujen, juonittelun ja intohimon merkeissä! Nuori Fitz, ylhäisen prinssin äpäräpoika, on selvinnyt juuri ja juuri hengissä ensimmäisestä tehtävästään salamurhaajana, kun häntä jälleen tarvitaan. Kiitetyn fantasiatrilogian muut tarinat ovat Salamurhaajan oppipoika ja Salamurhaajan taival.

Kuninkaan salamurhaaja

Bingstadt befindet sich im Krieg, und einzig die Drachenkönigin Tintaglia kann die Stadt der Seelenschiffe noch retten. Doch um sie zu überzeugen, ihnen zu helfen, müssten die Händler von Bingstadt ihre Macht und ihren Wohlstand aufgeben. Kann Althea Vestrit ihr Volk davon überzeugen? Dabei hat die junge Kapitänin eigentlich andere Sorgen. Endlich kann sie um ihr Seelenschiff Viviace kämpfen und ihm zeigen, dass sie zusammengehören. Doch die Zeit in der Gesellschaft des Piraten Kennit hat Viviace verändert. Sind Kapitänin und Seelenschiff wirklich noch für einander bestimmt? Dieses Hörbuch war bereits erschienen unter dem Titel "Die Zauberschiffe 6 - Herrscher der drei Reiche"

Das Geheimnis der Seelenschiffe

Die Drachenkönigin, Teil 2 - Das Geheimnis der Seelenschiffe, Band 6 (ungekürzt)

Althea Vestrit hält endlich ihr heiß begehrtes Schiffszeugnis in den Händen und kann nun alles daran setzen, ihre geliebte Viviace - das Seelenschiff ihrer Familie - zurückzugewinnen. Doch der Pirat Kennit hat die Viviace erobert und bemüht sich, die noch junge Persönlichkeit des Seelenschiffes in seinem Sinne zu beeinflussen. Bevor Althea aufbrechen kann, um ihn zu stellen, hält das Schicksal einen weiteren Schlag für sie und ihre Familie bereit: Eine Söldnerflotte nähert sich ihrer Heimat Bingstadt. Dieses Hörbuch war bereits erschienen unter dem Titel "Die Zauberschiffe 4 - Die Stunde des Piraten"

Der Freibeuter, Teil 2 - Das Geheimnis der Seelenschiffe, Band 4 (ungekürzt)

Ephron Vestrit war bis zu seinem Tod ein angesehener Händler, doch er hinterlässt seiner Familie hohe Schulden - und das Seelenschiff Viviace. Seelenschiffe sind empfindungsfähig, aber erst wenn sie zu vollem Bewusstsein erwachen, sind sie unschlagbar. Es war Ephrons Wunsch, dass seine Tochter Althea Kapitänin werden soll. Doch ihre Mutter übergibt das Schiff nicht ihr, sondern ihrem Schwiegersohn Kyle Haven. Zähneknirschend akzeptiert Althea diese Entscheidung. Bis sie erfährt, was Kyle ihrer geliebten Viviace antut. Und so entschließt sie sich, für ihr Seelenschiff zu kämpfen - und für ihr eigenes Schicksal. Dieses Hörbuch war bereits erschienen unter dem Titel "Die Zauberschiffe 1 - Der Ring der Händlerin"

Die Händlerin, Teil 1 - Das Geheimnis der Seelenschiffe, Band 1 (ungekürzt)

Bingstadt befindet sich im Krieg, und einzig die Drachenkönigin Tintaglia kann die Stadt der Seelenschiffe noch retten. Doch um sie zu überzeugen, ihnen zu helfen, müssten die Händler von Bingstadt ihre Macht und ihren Wohlstand aufgeben. Kann Althea Vestrit ihr Volk davon überzeugen? Dabei hat die junge Kapitänin eigentlich andere Sorgen. Endlich kann sie um ihr Seelenschiff Viviace kämpfen und ihm zeigen, dass sie zusammengehören. Doch die Zeit in der Gesellschaft des Piraten Kennit hat Viviace verändert. Sind Kapitänin und Seelenschiff wirklich noch für einander bestimmt? Dieses Hörbuch war bereits erschienen unter dem Titel "Die Zauberschiffe 5 - Die vergessene Stadt"

Die Drachenkönigin, Teil 1 - Das Geheimnis der Seelenschiffe, Band 5 (ungekürzt)

Ephron Vestrit war bis zu seinem Tod ein angesehener Händler, doch er hinterlässt seiner Familie hohe Schulden - und das Seelenschiff Viviace. Seelenschiffe sind empfindungsfähig, aber erst wenn sie zu vollem Bewusstsein erwachen, sind sie unschlagbar. Es war Ephrons Wunsch, dass seine Tochter Althea Kapitänin werden soll. Doch ihre Mutter übergibt das Schiff nicht ihr, sondern ihrem Schwiegersohn Kyle Haven. Zähneknirschend akzeptiert Althea diese Entscheidung. Bis sie erfährt, was Kyle ihrer geliebten Viviace antut. Und so entschließt sie sich, für ihr Seelenschiff zu kämpfen - und für ihr eigenes Schicksal. Dieses Hörbuch war bereits erschienen unter dem Titel "Die Zauberschiffe 2 - Viviaces Erwachen"

Die Händlerin, Teil 2 - Das Geheimnis der Seelenschiffe, Band 2 (ungekürzt)

Althea Vestrit hält endlich ihr heiß begehrtes Schiffszeugnis in den Händen und kann nun alles daran setzen, ihre geliebte Viviace - das Seelenschiff ihrer Familie - zurückzugewinnen. Doch der Pirat Kennit hat die Viviace erobert und bemüht sich, die noch junge Persönlichkeit des Seelenschiffes in seinem Sinne zu beeinflussen. Bevor Althea aufbrechen kann, um ihn zu stellen, hält das Schicksal einen weiteren Schlag für sie und ihre Familie bereit: Eine Söldnerflotte nähert sich ihrer Heimat Bingstadt. Dieses Hörbuch war bereits erschienen unter dem Titel "Die Zauberschiffe 3 - Der blinde Krieger"

Der Freibeuter, Teil 1 - Das Geheimnis der Seelenschiffe, Band 3 (ungekürzt)

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