The Tawny Man, Book 2
Spectra
December 2003
On Sale: December 9, 2003
736 pages ISBN: 0553582453 EAN: 9780553582451 Mass Market Paperback Add to Wish List
The acclaimed Farseer and Liveship Traders
trilogies established Robin Hobb as one of the most
splendidly imaginative practitioners of world-class fantasy.
Now, in Book 2 of her most stunning trilogy yet,
Hobb continues the soul-shattering tale of FitzChivalry
Farseer. With rich characters, breathtaking magic, and
sweeping action, Golden Fool brings the reluctant
adventurer further into the fray in an epic of sacrifice,
salvation, and untold treachery.
Golden
Fool
Prince Dutiful has been rescued from his
Piebald kidnappers and the court has resumed its normal
rhythms. But for FitzChivalry Farseer, a return to isolation
is impossible. Though gutted by the loss of his wolf
bondmate, Nighteyes, Fitz must take up residence at Buckkeep
and resume his tasks as Chade’s apprentice assassin. Posing
as Tom Badgerlock, bodyguard to Lord Golden, FitzChivalry
becomes the eyes and ears behind the walls. And with his old
mentor failing visibly, Fitz is forced to take on more
burdens as he attempts to guide a kingdom straying closer to
civil strife each day.
The problems are legion.
Prince Dutiful’s betrothal to the Narcheska Elliania of the
Out Islands is fraught with tension, and the Narcheska
herself appears to be hiding an array of secrets. Then, amid
Piebald threats and the increasing persecution of the
Witted, FitzChivalry must ensure that no one betrays the
Prince’s secret—a secret that could topple the Farseer
throne: that he, like Fitz, possesses the dread “beast
magic.”
Meanwhile, FitzChivalry must impart to the
Prince his limited knowledge of the Skill: the hereditary
and addictive magic of the Farseers. In the process, they
discover within Buckkeep one who has a wild and powerful
talent for it, and whose enmity for Fitz may have disastrous
consequences for all.
Only Fitz’s enduring friendship
with the Fool brings him any solace. But even that is
shattered when unexpected visitors from Bingtown reveal
devastating secrets from the Fool’s past. Now, bereft of
support and adrift in intrigue, Fitz’s biggest challenge may
be simply to survive the inescapable and violent path that
fate has laid out for him.
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