The Farseer Trilogy
Fitz, royal bastard and assassin, in the first Realm of the Elderlings trilogy.
The Farseer trilogy is a series of fantasy novels by American author Robin Hobb, published from 1995 to 1997: Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin and Assassin's Quest. It is the first of five series set in the Realm of the Elderlings.
Quick Facts
- Books
- Assassin's Apprentice
- Royal Assassin
- Assassin's Quest
- Author
- Robin Hobb
- Cover artist
- John Howe
- Michael Whelan
- Stephen Youll
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Publisher
- Spectra, Voyager
- Published
- 1995–1997
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Background
Set in and around the Six Duchies, it tells the story of FitzChivalry Farseer, called Fitz, the illegitimate son of a prince, who is trained as an assassin while schemes within the royal family threaten his life and Red-Ship Raiders attack the coast. Fitz has two kinds of magic: the Skill, a telepathic magic that runs in the royal line, and the despised Wit, which lets him bond with animals such as the wolf Nighteyes. The story is told as a first-person retrospective. It was Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden's first work as Robin Hobb, and the first book was initially titled Chivalry's Bastard. It is followed by the Liveship Traders, the Tawny Man trilogy, the Rain Wild Chronicles and the Fitz and the Fool trilogy.
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