Royal Assassin (The Farseer Trilogy, #2)

by Robin Hobb

The second volume in Robin Hobb’s internationally bestselling Farseer series, now reissued in gorgeous new livery.

We are here Fitz, you and I, to change the future and the world…

Fitz dreams of Red-Ship Raiders sacking a coastal village, leaving not a single man, woman or child alive. Tortured by this terrible vision he returns to the Six Duchies court where all is far from well.

King Shrewd has been struck down by a mysterious illness and King-in-waiting, Verity, spends all his time attempting to conjure storms to confuse and destroy the Red-Ship Raiders. And when he leaves on an insane mission to seek out the mystical Elderings, Fitz is left alone and friendless but for the wolf Nighteyes and the King’s Fool with his cryptic prophesies.

• ISBN13: 9780006480105
• Publish Date: 3 March 1997 (first published 21 March 1996)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 26 September 2015
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: HarperVoyager
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 768
• 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.