Assassin’s Apprentice: Beloved by fans, read this classic Sunday Times bestselling work of epic fantasy (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1)

The first volume in Robin Hobb’s internationally bestselling Farseer series. In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma. Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry Farseer, is a royal bastard cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only his magical link with animals - the old art known as the Wit - gives him solace and companionship. But the Wit, if used too often, is a perilous magic, and one abhorred by the nobility. So when Fitz is finally adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly, as he trains to become a royal assassin. From Sunday Times bestselling author Robin Hobb comes an epic adventure filled with mythical creatures, action, and intrigue. Fitz, a royal bastard with a perilous magical link to animals, must navigate the treacherous world of courtly manners and secret assassinations in this top fantasy pick. For fans of Brandon Sanderson (Rhythm of War), John Gwynne (The Hunger of the Gods), Patrick Rothfuss (Unfettered), Steven Erikson (Memories of Ice), and James Islington (The Will of the Many).