‘The sea will rise.’ ‘The jewel strewn skies.’ ‘One comes as two’. She begins to shout back at them, her words torn by a slowly rising wind. I cannot hear what they are saying, but the blinded child can. Each child in the outer circle shouts a sentence or a phrase. All the other children dance in a wider circle around her. The child in the middle turns in a circle, hands outstretched. The eyes are black and staring, edged with red. The child wears a blindfold but there are painted eyes on the blindfold.

There are children holding hands in a circle.

And if the corrupt society of Clerres is to be brought down, Fitz and the Fool will have to make a series of profound and fateful sacrifices.ĪSSASSIN’S FATE is a magnificent tour de force and with it Robin Hobb demonstrates yet again that she is the reigning queen of epic fantasy. An ancient wrong will bring them unlikely and dangerous allies in their quest. What became of the liveships Paragon and Vivacia and their crews? What is the origin of the Others and their eerie beach? How are liveships and dragons connected?īut Fitz and his followers are not the only ones with a deadly grudge against the Four. Startling answers to old mysteries are revealed. Their mission for revenge will become a voyage of discovery, as well as of reunions, transformations and heartrending shocks. Accompanied by FitzVigilant, son of the assassin Chade, Chade’s protégé Spark and the stableboy Perseverance, Bee's only friend, their journey will take them from the Elderling city of Kelsingra, down the perilous Rain Wild River, and on to the Pirate Isles. Fitz is determined to reach the city and take vengeance on the Four, not only for the loss of Bee but also for their torture of the Fool. It seems certain that they and their young hostage have perished in the Skill-river.Ĭlerres, where White Prophets were trained by the Servants to set the world on a better path, has been corrupted by greed. With Fitz in pursuit, the Servants fled through a Skill-pillar, leaving no trace. Prince FitzChivalry Farseer’s daughter Bee was violently abducted from Withywoods by Servants of the Four in their search for the Unexpected Son, foretold to wield great power. The much-anticipated final conclusion to the Fitz and The Fool trilogy.

Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb