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Description
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... read more
Summary
Blindness comes in many forms. For angst-ridden FitzChivalry Farseer, the blindness isn't physical but rather an inability to gauge character. Fitz, the hero of this second volume in the trilogy that began with Fool's Errand (2002), reluctantly returns, disguised as a servant, to Buckkeep town... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters/Important People
Memorable Quotes
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“But some children, from the time they are small, they look up at a blue summer sky and watch for something that never comes. Because they know. Something that was supposed to be there faded and vanished. Something that we must bring back, you and I.”
Fool -
“Work, the old people say, keeps a man young. But perhaps that is something old folk say just because they know they must go on working. Be off with you, Fitz. And try not to discover any more crises for me before the day is out.”
Chade -
“Perhaps having the courage to find a better path is having the courage to risk making new mistakes.”
Narrator
First Sentence
The loss of a bond-beast is a difficult event to explain to the non-Witted.
Table of Contents
Prologue: Losses Sustained
Chapter I: Piebalds
Chapter II: Chade's Servant
Chapter III: Echoes
Chapter IV: The Betrothal
Chapter V: Shared Sorrows
Chapter VI: Obiteration
Chapter VII: Lessons
Chapter VIII: Ambitions
Chapter IX: Stone Wager
Chapter X: Resolutions
Chapter XI: Tidings From Bingtown
Chapter XII: Jek
Chapter XIII: Challenges
Chapter XIV: Scrolls
Chapter XV: Quarrel
Chapter XVI: Fathers
Chapter XVII: Explosions
Chapter XVIII: Pink Sugar Cake
Chapter XIX: Laudwine
Chapter XX: Coterie
Chapter XXI: Convalescence
Chapter XXII: Connections
Chapter XXIII: Revalations
Chapter XXIV: Connections
Chapter XXV: Convocation
Chapter XXVI: Negotiations
Chapter XXVII: Spring Sailing
Epilogue.
Series
This is book 2 in the The Tawny Man series.
Authors & Contributors
- Robin Hobb (Author)
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