Royal Assassin (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2)

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Fantasy as it ought to be written George R.R. Martin

The second volume in Robin Hobbs internationally bestselling Farseer Trilogy.
Honesty is the bedrock for any relationship. But how can Fitz royal bastard, trainee assassin, holder of secrets crucial to the security of the kingdom bare his soul to his beloved Molly

Danger lies all around him from the raiders savaging the coastal towns, and from within the court. The king has been struck down by a mystery illness and his eldest son, Verity, is bound up in the defence of the realm.

When Verity leaves the court in search of the mythical Elderlings, Fitz finds himself friendless apart from his wolf, Nighteyes, and the kings strange, motley-clad fool, exposed to Prince Regals malign ambitions. He will be asked to sacrifice everything his heart, his hope, even his life for the sake of the realm.

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Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers The Times

Hobb is superb Conn Iggulden

Hobb is a remarkable storyteller Guardian

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Robin Hobb is one of the world's finest writers of epic fiction.She was born in California in 1952 but raised in Alaska, where she learned how to raise a wolf cub, to skin a moose and to survive in the wilderness. When she married a fisherman who fished herring and the Kodiak salmon-run for half the year, these skills would stand her in good stead. She raised her family, ran a smallholding, delivered post to her remote community, all at the same time as writing stories and novels. She succeeded on all fronts, raising four children and becoming an internationally best-selling writer. She lives in Tacoma, Washington State.