Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb

This is a powerful opener to a magnificent series. Told in the 1st person, this is an epic narrative of life, love, war, politics and magic, set against the turbulence of the 6 Duchies; a broadly Feudal Kingdom beset by political rivalry and ancient disputes. I first heard about this book by recommendation, and have since found the best shelf for this and the other books by Robin Hobb, for a more emotional and powerful fantasy writer you'll be hard to find. Story: In this first of the Farseer Trilogy (The family name of the Royal line) - we are introduced to Fitz, who narrates the books, and opens each chapter with writings on history and ...  Read the complete review

Well I must admit I do love my Fantasy firction. Have read loads of different authors and tried many different series'. This book though by Robin Hobb was the first one of hers I had tried. Assassins Apprentice is the first book in the Farseer Trilogy. This book came out back in april of 1995. It was the first book Hobb had written under her new pseudonym so she was new to most of the fantasy world. Assassins apprentice tells the story off a young man named Fitz Chilvalry. Fitz is a royal bastard (child fathered out of wedlock is your not sure) living in the Six Dutchies. Fitz is being raised by his fathers Stableman named Burrich. Alot of the early ...  Read the complete review

According to dooyoo this is the first book in the "Assains" series, which is the worst spelling of Assassins I've seen in a while :) Even then it's still not really true as this is the first book in "The Farseer Trilogy" and what a great start it is. The book has 2 ways of looking on the story, both through the eyes of the same person. One of these is of what seems to be an old man looking back to the past and the other is the boy as he was then, for the most part of the book however you will be reading it entirely from the boys point of view and this may displease people who are used to switching between the feelings of each ...  Read the complete review

Fantasy writing today seemed to be overrun with clichéd characters and over complicated plots that have you flicking back every ten pages or so to remember who/where/why. I've picked up a lot of rubbish in the genre and while I'll still try anything I've become very, very picky about what I will keep reading - there are too many good writers out there to waste time with bad ones. Robin Hobb is one of the good ones. When I started Assassin's Apprentice (the first in the Farseer Trilogy and her first book under this name - she has also written as Megan Lindholm) it didn't take me long to realise I was in for a treat. It is narrated by the main character, ...  Read the complete review

What can I say about this book that hasn't already been said-it is not only one of the greatest starts to a trilogy ever written but also one of my all-time favourite novels ever;brilliantly funny but also brilliantly tragic-this is the tale of the royal bastard,Fitz Chivalry Farseer narrated to us by Fitz himself in the later years of his life... The story begins with his first memories-those of being abandoned at the royal gates by his mother and grandfather only to be taken in by the palace and given to his father's man,Burrich who trains him as a stablehand. After his father abdicates from his succession to the throne,Fitz manages clumsily to draw ...  Read the complete review