Royal Assassin (The Farseer Trilogy, #2)

by Robin Hobb

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

The second volume in Robin Hobb’s 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 king’s strange, motley-clad fool, exposed to Prince Regal’s malign ambitions. He will be asked to sacrifice everything – his heart, his hope, even his life – for the sake of the realm.

• ISBN13: 9780007562268
• Publish Date: 27 March 2014 (first published 21 March 1996)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: HarperVoyager
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 656
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[charlton]

I liked reading this,Fitz is still looked down upon.But he has gotten older and gotten a girlfriend.His fighting skills have gotten better and they have sent him away from the keep to help towns along the shoreline.For awhile he was aboard a ship.

And he had psychic connections with a wolf (which was helpful).

[Jo]

You can read my review of the whole Farseer trilogy over on my blog here.

[wyvernfriend]

The second instalment in the series and it opens with Fitz seriously debiliitated by a poison he has taken. I've been there, my poison was chemotherapy and it was pretty much like it was described in the book. Fitz is now fighting Regal more openly with the red ships preying on the kingdom. Full of interesting characters and interesting situations although it's a big book it's a quick read.