Assassin's Quest
Fitz follows Verity to the stone dragons that end the Red-Ship War.
Assassin's Quest is a 1997 fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the third and final book of the Farseer trilogy.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Robin Hobb
- Cover artist
- John Howe
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Series
- The Farseer Trilogy
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Publisher
- Voyager Books (UK) & Spectra (US)
- Released
- 3 March 1997 (UK), April 1997 (US)
Facts from the source article.
Background
Brought back from the wolf's mind, FitzChivalry Farseer sets out to kill King Regal but fails, and Verity's Skill command forces him to follow his king to the Mountain Kingdom. With Kettricken, the Fool, who is revealed as the White Prophet, the minstrel Starling and the old woman Kettle, he finds Verity in a quarry of Skill stone carving a dragon. Verity pours himself into the stone and becomes the dragon, and with the other stone dragons that Fitz wakes he defeats the Red Ship Raiders. Instead of killing Regal, Fitz imprints him with loyalty to Kettricken. The novel was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1998.
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