Royal Assassin
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Royal Assassin
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Narrated by:
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Joe Eyre
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By:
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Robin Hobb
‘Fantasy as it ought to be written’ George R.R. Martin
The second volume in Robin Hobb’s internationally bestselling Farseer Trilogy.
Honesty is the bedrock for any relationship. But how can Fitz – royal bastard, trainee assassin, holder of secrets crucial to the security of the kingdom – bare his soul to his beloved Molly?
Danger lies all around him – from the raiders savaging the coastal towns, and from within the court. The king has been struck down by a mystery illness and his eldest son, Verity, is bound up in the defence of the realm.
When Verity leaves the court in search of the mythical Elderlings, Fitz finds himself friendless apart from his wolf, Nighteyes, and the king’s strange, motley-clad fool, exposed to Prince Regal’s malign ambitions. He will be asked to sacrifice everything – his heart, his hope, even his life – for the sake of the realm.
©1996 Robin Hobb (P)2026 HarperCollins PublishersCritic reviews
BLOODY BRILLIANT
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Fitz is progressing
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Good
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Awesome narration
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With the character work in mind, it felt like everyone just had so much more freedom to be themselves (something that really makes you hate the antagonists in this one). I'd say the hatred I have towards the main antagonist verges on the same level of hatred some people had for Joffrey in the Game of Thrones books. That isn't a bad thing. I really love having a bad guy I can hate with a passion, perhaps more so than a lovable protagonist, and this series is certainly delivering.
There is so much going on in book two of this series and it's hard to say too much without giving spoilers. What I will say is that it had a huge build up and finished in such a way that had me thinking I may have a bit more of a slower time getting into the next book (purely due to the come down of finishing a brilliant book), but that's a future me problem. Current me really enjoys what he's getting with Royal Assassin. I'd go so far as saying that the initial build up to the end had me feeling like it was the build up to a final book more so than a second book.
Overall, the entire book is a step up in quality and Fitz is still everyone's favourite poster boy for misery. I don't recall that changing at all, so I'm happy to accept he's just going to float through life with his own personal little black cloud hanging overhead. Nighteyes was always one of my favourite characters in literature growing up, and my thoughts on that haven't changed.
All in all, this was a fantasic book to get stuck into and it's really made me care so much more about the state of affairs across the whole universe that Hobb has created.
I'm eternally grateful that these books have had an audio book re-recorded. The quality on that side of things outstrips the wildest dreams of those who created the originals.
Fantastic sequel
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