Legends II
Chapter One
REALM OF THE ELDERLINGS ROBIN HOBB
THE FARSEER TRILOGY: Assassin’s Apprentice (1995) Royal Assassin (1996) Assassin’s Quest (1997)
THE LIVESHIP TRADERS TRILOGY: Ship of Magic (1998) Mad Ship (1999) Ship of Destiny (2000)
THE TAWNY MAN TRILOGY: Fool’s Errand (2002) Golden Fool (2003) Fool’s End (2004)
The first Robin Hobb trilogy, The Farseer Trilogy, took place in the Six Duchies. It is the tale of FitzChivalry Farseer. The discovery that this bastard son exists is enough to topple Prince Chivalry’s ambition for the throne. He abdicates, ceding the title of heir to the throne to his younger brother Verity and abandoning the child to the care of the stablemaster Burrich. The youngest prince, Regal, has ambitions of his own, and wishes to do away with the bastard. But old King Shrewd sees the value of taking the lad and training him as an assassin. For a bastard can be sent into dangers where a trueborn son could not be risked, and may be given tasks that would soil an heir’s hands.
And so FitzChivalry is trained in the secret arts of being a royal assassin. He shows a predilection for t ... read full excerpt from Legends II ebook
