false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899982m/77198.jpg 68487 21 Young Fitz, the illegitimate son of the noble Prince Chivalry, is ignored by all royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has had him tutored him in the dark arts of the assassin. He has barely survived his first, soul-shattering mission, and returns to the court where he is thrown headfirst into the tumult of royal life. With the King near death, and Fitz's only ally off on a seemingly hopeless quest, the throne itself is threatened. Meanwhile, the treacherous Red Ship Raiders have renewed their attacks on the Six Duchies, slaughtering the inhabitants of entire seaside towns. In this time of great peril, it soon becomes clear that the fate of the kingdom may rest in Fitz's hands--and his role in its salvation may require the ultimate sacrifice.<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i> 4668002 book 1995 Royal Assassin total:3617|5:93|4:90|3:48|2:6|1:1| 3617 15037 4499 147 3 3 false false Fri Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Aug 13 10:21:07 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 10:22:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Apr 09 12:40:35 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 08:12:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jan 22 11:35:54 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 11:35:54 -0800 2008
There should be a law against ending books like this, especially when they're the second part of a trilogy. Imagine what it must have been like for the poor souls who read this on the day of release, and then had to wait another year to find out wha...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 11 19:41:04 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 09 16:08:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 12:22:48 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 15:21:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jul 11 08:13:20 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 08:13:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Sep 04 15:26:10 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 13:38:38 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 15:26:10 -0700 2008
The one thing - and I didn't realize this until I got all the way through the book - is that this is set in a medieval millieu, and yet there is no religion. None! No church...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 23:29:33 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 23:33:13 -0700 2009 1 Farseer series is even harder to put down than the first.

This is, in a way, a very traditional second book for a trilogy: things are dark, and getting darker. The scene and charac...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 09:48:44 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 09:49:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 16 05:36:10 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 15:37:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 05:36:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 08:19:06 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 12:00:24 -0700 2008 This one was much better than the first, both in creative descriptiveness and in pacing. I felt a greater interest in each of the characters, and was surprised in the directions that the story travelled (in opposition to convention). Don't read if you like things to go smoo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 06 12:35:14 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 12:37:49 -0700 2009 My large...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 17:48:43 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 17:55:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Tue Apr 17 15:39:14 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 09:08:15 -0700 2007 I was very impressed with the way she thought and how she put the story together. A very good read and an author who...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 00:01:04 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 21:59:31 -0800 2007
It is written in much the same style as the first of the trilogy, but this one appears so much more eloquent, fancy, and overall mor...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Tue Mar 31 06:20:24 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 06:20:26 -0700 2009
I read The Farseer Saga years ago and it is still one of my favorite epic fantasies. Its main strengths are its simple writing style and excellent characterization.

Robin Hobb's prose is lovely — straightforward and simple. It...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 11:11:59 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 10:07:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 20:25:34 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 21:59:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 02:15:05 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 14:44:30 -0700 2009 1
This is an odd book. It's not a page-turner as such, yet I'm completely drawn into it and find myself thinking about the story even when not reading it. This second book in the trilogy is even...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 12:37:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 19:08:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=77198