Fool’s Assassin

The gulls wheel and cry, the merchants beseech me to buy, the wind whispers of the changing tide, and below in the slight bay, the ships creak and tug restively at their lines. It is a choice day, a lapis day in a silver setting.

It is the day my life changed forever. It is the day my child was stolen, and flames and smoke and the screams of horses rose to the skies over Withywoods, unheard, unseen by me. Neither my Wit nor my Skill told me of snow melted scarlet there, of women with bruised faces and men with pierced bodies. Nothing warned me on that bright day that the darkest time of my life had begun.

This one is for the guys.

To Soren, Felix, and Blake.

BOOKS BY ROBIN HOBB

THE FARSEER TRILOGY

* Assassin’s Apprentice

* Royal Assassin

* Assassin’s Quest

THE LIVESHIP TRADERS TRILOGY

* Ship of Magic

* Mad Ship

* Ship of Destiny

THE TAWNY MAN TRILOGY

* Fool’s Errand

* Golden Fool

* Fool’s Fate

THE SOLDIER SON TRILOGY

Shaman’s Crossing

Forest Mage

Renegade’s Magic

THE RAIN WILDS CHRONICLES

Dragon Keeper

Dragon Haven

City of Dragons

Blood of Dragons

* AVAILABLE FROM RANDOM HOUSE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robin Hobb is the author of the Farseer Trilogy, the Liveship Traders Trilogy, the Tawny Man Trilogy, the Soldier Son Trilogy, and the Rain Wilds Chronicles. She has also written as Megan Lindholm. She is a native of Washington State.

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