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Assassin's Apprentice

  • 400 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 1995
  • 34 editions

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1 About this book

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. He is treated like an outcast by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin.

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. As barbarous raiders ravage the coasts, Fitz is growing to manhood. Soon he will face his first dangerous, soul-shattering mission. And though some regard him as a threat to the throne, he may just be the key to the survival of the kingdom.

Good for readers who want: epic fantasy and magic.

  • Fantasy
  • Fantasy, epic
  • Magic
  • Assassins
  • Ability
  • Kings, queens
  • Ke xue huan xiang xiao shuo

2 About Robin Hobb

Born 1952

Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (née Lindholm; born March 5, 1952), known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction. As Hobb, she is best known for her fantasy novels set in the Realm of the Elderlings, which comprise the Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies, the Rain Wild Chronicles, and the Fitz and the Fool trilogy.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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