Assassin’s Fate
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The much-anticipated final conclusion to the Fitz and the Fool trilogy.Prince FitzChivalry Farseer’s daughter Bee was violently abducted from Withywoods by Servants of the Four in their search for the Unexpected Son, foretold to wield great power. With Fitz in pursuit, the Servants fled through a Skill-pillar, leaving no trace. It seems certain that they and their young hostage have perished in the Skill-river.Clerres, where White Prophets were trained by the Servants to set the world on a better path, has been corrupted by greed. Fitz is determined to reach the city and take vengeance on the Four, not only for the loss of Bee but also for their torture of the Fool. Accompanied by FitzVigilant, son of the assassin Chade, Chade’s protégé Spark and the stableboy Perseverance, Bee's only friend, their journey will take them from the Elderling city of Kelsingra, down the perilous Rain Wild River, and on to the Pirate Isles.Their mission for revenge will become a voyage of discovery, as well as of reunions, transformations and heartrending shocks. Startling answers to old mysteries are revealed. What became of the liveships Paragon and Vivacia and their crews? What is the origin of the Others and their eerie beach? How are liveships and dragons connected?But Fitz and his followers are not the only ones with a deadly grudge against the Four. An ancient wrong will bring them unlikely and dangerous allies in their quest. And if the corrupt society of Clerres is to be brought down, Fitz and the Fool will have to make a series of profound and fateful sacrifices.ASSASSIN’S FATE is a magnificent tour de force and with it Robin Hobb demonstrates yet again that she is the reigning queen of epic fantasy.
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Робин Хобб. Assassin’s Fate
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PROLOGUE
ONE. Bee Stings
TWO. The Silver Touch
THREE. In the Mountains
FOUR. Chalced
FIVE. The Bargain
SIX. Revelations
SEVEN. Beggar
EIGHT. Tintaglia
NINE. The Tarman
TEN. Bee’s Book
ELEVEN. Passage
TWELVE. The Liveship Paragon
THIRTEEN. Full Sails
FOURTEEN. Paragon’s Bargain
FIFTEEN. Trader Akriel
SIXTEEN. The Pirate Isles
SEVENTEEN. Serpent Spit
EIGHTEEN. Silver Ships and Dragons
NINETEEN. Another Ship, Another Journey
TWENTY. Belief
TWENTY-ONE. Under Sail
TWENTY-TWO. The Butterfly Cloak
TWENTY-THREE. Clerres
TWENTY-FOUR. Hand and Foot
TWENTY-FIVE. Bribes
TWENTY-SIX. Silver Secrets
TWENTY-SEVEN. Feather to Blade
TWENTY-EIGHT. Unsafe Harbour
TWENTY-NINE. Accusations
THIRTY. Barriers and a Black Banner
THIRTY-ONE. The Butterfly Man
THIRTY-TWO. A Way In
THIRTY-THREE. Candles
THIRTY-FOUR. Smoke
THIRTY-FIVE. Confrontations
THIRTY-SIX. Surprises
THIRTY-SEVEN. Touch
THIRTY-EIGHT. Ship of Dragons
THIRTY-NINE. The Vengeance
FORTY. Warm Water
FORTY-ONE. Vivacia’s Voyage
FORTY-TWO. Furnich
FORTY-THREE. Bingtown
FORTY-FOUR. Up the River
FORTY-FIVE. A Princess of the Farseers
FORTY-SIX. The Quarry
FORTY-SEVEN. A Wolf’s Heart
FORTY-EIGHT. Time
FORTY-NINE. Lies and Truths
FIFTY. The Mountains
BY ROBIN HOBB
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To Fitz and the Fool.
My best friends for over twenty years.
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She stalked away to where they had piled the packs and supplies they’d brought with them. There wasn’t much. They had fled Ellik’s attack with whatever they could hastily seize. Dwalia made herself a lumpy cushion from the packs and reclined on them with no thought for the comfort of the others. Reppin looked around slyly, and then spread out my opened coat before lying down on it and wrapping the excess around herself. Vindeliar stared at them, and then simply flopped down like a dog. He pillowed his broad head on his arms and stared dolefully at the fire. Alaria sat cross-legged, glaring at me. No one paid any attention to the Chalcedean. Hands over his head, he was dancing a sort of a jig in a circle, his mouth wide in mindless enjoyment of the ghost music. His brain might be dazed, but he was an excellent dancer.
I wondered where my father was. Did he think of me? Had Shun gone back to Withywoods to tell him that I’d been taken into a stone? Or did she die in the forest? If she had, he would never know what had become of me or where to look. I was cold, and very hungry. And so lost.
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