Fool's Fate (The Tawny Man, Book 3)
 

Fool's Fate (The Tawny Man, Book 3)

by Robin Hobb

Fool's Fate is the third book of Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy, and the ninth and concluding volume of the Fitzchivalry Farseer saga, one of the best high-fantasy series of the turn of the millennium. Fitz is the bastard son of the royal family of the Six Duchies, which he serves as assassin, guardsman, and Skill-magician. Fitz also serves the White Prophet as "Catalyst," the unique person who... (read more)

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TwinbornDavid
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Excellent finish to this wonderful series. It is amazing how so much was covered with such detail. Hobb really has a knack for storytelling.

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  • Zoey M

    zoey m said:

    Considering everything that happened to the main character over the whole series ( from Assassin's Apprentice to Fool's Fate) I think that the ending was perfect, and just what Fitz deserved!

    posted Monday, January 21 2008
  • shaaffee

    shaaffee said:

    This is a book that has everything you want in a Fantasy novel. It has the spectacle and grandeur of challenging travel and wild landscapes. It has the intrigue of novel cultures and hidden conspiracies. It has deep mysteries and long-concealed motives. It has sharp, rousing fights, and old, malicious evils. It also has painful departures, heroism and final, deeply deserved rewards and restitutions. It is beautifully written, and perfectly paced. At the end all the old secrets have been revealed, but not forced, and the wait has been well worth it.

    There are very few other writers in the genre who can match Hobb for such fine-tuned, meticulously plotted, satisfying, epic fantasy. Kate Elliot is perhaps her only peer. (Robert Jordan is an also-ran by comparison; Feist? Don't talk to me about Feist!) Over a nine-volume sequence, naturally enough, there have been slower books, and uneven patches, but the whole adds up to a striking piece of work, and this final instalment is riveting.

    posted Monday, January 7 2008
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