Fool's Assassin
core novel 2014 Realm of the Elderlings
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.44 (70,082 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 400 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553392425 |
Synopsis
FitzChivalry Farseer, long retired from his old life as the crown's secret assassin and living under an assumed identity as a country landholder, has settled into a peaceful existence at Withywoods with his wife, Molly. Years after the adventures of his youth, an unexpected pregnancy upends that hard-won calm, and the arrival of mysterious pale-skinned strangers along with a cryptic warning to protect the unexpected son draws Fitz back into a world of danger and old magic he had hoped to leave behind for good. The quiet life he built for himself begins to unravel as forces from beyond the Six Duchies take a renewed interest in his family.
Where it sits
- Universe: Realm of the Elderlings
- Series: Fitz and the Fool Trilogy core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Robin Hobb
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Fitz and the Fool Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next Fool's Quest (2015)
Sources
← Realm of the Elderlings dossier · All universes
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