However, a vision of the woman he loves forces him to return. After Fitz barely survives his first mission as an assassin after Prince Regal poisons him, he vows never to return to his homeland and his king. Royal Assassin is the sequel to Assassin’s Apprentice, the first book of the Farseer Trilogy. He now has to learn to live a life of courtly manners, writing, and secret killing as he is trained to become an assassin. Since his gift is abhorred among the highborn, he must give it up when he is invited to train in the royal palace. His gift of communicating with animals made him made him find companionship and solace with the beasts.
Fitz, the bastard of Chivalry Farseer, finds himself lonely and friendless in this world. In a land where members of the ruling class are named according to the essence of their character makes one young boy an enigma. Obviously as the first book in the series, the Assassins Apprentice is the most popular book of the Farseer Trilogy. What follows is an excellent narrative of the intrigues and struggles for power in the Kingdom that showcases the remarkable skills of Robin Hobb that earned her several awards for her work over the years. Having proven himself skilled in fighting through manipulation of thought, he soon finds himself at war with Prince Regal and his trainer who despises him and wants him dead. Despised by the assassin trainer he finds himself sent into dangerous situations where he has to fight the Forged Ones, though he emerges victorious. He soon finds out that he has the gifts of telepathic communication. The story moves at a brisk pace following Fitz from the moment he begins training as a six-year-old in the royal palace. a delightful take on the powers and politics behind the throne." - Publishers Weekly "This is the kind of book you fall into, and start reading slower as you get to the end, because you don't want it to be over.Assassin’s Apprentice the first novel in the series begins the story of FitzChivalry a royal bastard who is undergoing training to become an assassin. Praise for Robin Hobb and Assassin's Apprentice "A gleaming debut in the crowded field of epic fantasies. And though some regard him as a threat to the throne, he may just be the key to the survival of the kingdom. Soon he will face his first dangerous, soul-shattering mission. As barbarous raiders ravage the coasts, Fitz is growing to manhood. For in Fitz's blood runs the magic Skill-and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected by his family.
He is treated as an outcast by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. Martin Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father's gruff stableman. Robin Hobb's books are diamonds in a sea of zircons."-George R.
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