33. Robin Hobb: Assassin's Apprentice
Nov. 4th, 2010 03:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mynttiOn loan from a friend.
Back cover:
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 as 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.
I decided it is time to re-read the Farseer trilogy, because it has been ages since I read it for the first time. I remembered liking Assassin's Apprentice on the first reading, and yes, it was still good and I liked it, but it was a sadder story than I remembered.
Back cover:
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 as 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.
I decided it is time to re-read the Farseer trilogy, because it has been ages since I read it for the first time. I remembered liking Assassin's Apprentice on the first reading, and yes, it was still good and I liked it, but it was a sadder story than I remembered.
