In hardcover for the first time ever! A gorgeously illustrated anniversary edition of the book
that launched the epic Farseer Trilogy praised by George R. R. Martin as "fantasy as it ought
to be written" and Lin-Manuel Miranda as "an incredible series " featuring a new foreword by
Robin Hobb and ten full-color illustrations. Twenty-five years ago Robin Hobb's first novel
featuring FitzChivalry Farseer and his mysterious often maddening friend the Fool struck like
a bolt of brilliant lightning. Thus began a beloved saga spanning multiple series full of
adventure magic and sinister plots. To celebrate a quarter-century of wonder this special
edition of Assassin's Apprentice presents a modern classic as it's never been seen before: in
hardcover with ten beautiful full-color illustrations by Magali Villeneuve. Young Fitz is
the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry raised in the shadow of the royal court by his
father's gruff stableman. He is treated as an outcast by all the royalty except the devious
King Shrewd who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in Fitz's blood runs
the magic Skill-and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected
by his family. As barbarous raiders ravage the coasts Fitz is growing to manhood. Soon he
will face his first dangerous soul-shattering mission. And though some regard him as a threat
to the throne he may just be the key to the survival of the kingdom. Praise for Robin Hobb
and Assassin's Apprentice "Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb's books are
diamonds in a sea of zircons."-George R. R. Martin "A gleaming debut in the crowded field
of epic fantasies . . . a delightful take on the powers and politics behind the
throne."-Publishers Weekly "This is the kind of book you fall into and start reading slower
as you get to the end because you don't want it to be over."-Steven Brust
