'Fantasy as it ought to be written' George R.R. MartinThe second book in Robin Hobb’s thrilling fantasy series returns readers to the Six Duchies and the magical world of the Fitz and the Fool.Fitz has been persuaded back to court, posing as a servant to the decadent Lord Golden (who is the Fool in disguise). In secret, he will train Prince Dutiful in the magic known as the Skill.The peace remains fragile, so the diplomatic wedding between Dutiful and the Outislander princess is a crucial alliance. But when Elliania arrives she challenges the prince to undertake an impossible quest before she will accept him.He must kill Icefyre, one of the last true dragons. And Fitz and the Fool must go with him…
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Робин Хобб. The Golden Fool
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Note to Readers
PROLOGUE. Losses Sustained
ONE. Piebalds
TWO. Chade’s Servant
THREE. Echoes
FOUR. The Betrothal
FIVE. Shared Sorrows
SIX. Obliteration
SEVEN. Lessons
EIGHT. Ambitions
NINE. Stone Wager
TEN. Resolutions
ELEVEN. Tidings from Bingtown
TWELVE. Jek
THIRTEEN. Challenges
FOURTEEN. Scrolls
FIFTEEN. Quarrel
SIXTEEN. Fathers
SEVENTEEN. Explosions
EIGHTEEN. Pink Sugar Cake
NINETEEN. Laudwine
TWENTY. Coterie
TWENTY-ONE. Convalescence
TWENTY-TWO. Connections
TWENTY-THREE. Revelations
TWENTY-FOUR. Connections
TWENTY-FIVE. Convocation
TWENTY-SIX. Negotiations
TWENTY-SEVEN. Spring Sailing
EPILOGUE
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PROLOGUE. Battling Fate
ONE. Lizards
TWO. Sons
THREE. Trepidation
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BY ROBIN HOBB
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The Fool set a cautious hand to my shoulder. ‘Fitz. If they are gone, it is already too late. If Tom Badgerlock goes racing off today, you will only stir curiosity and invite pursuit. You may lead the Piebalds straight to them. They will be expecting you to bolt after they threatened you. They’ll be watching the gates out of Buckkeep. So, think coolly. It could be that your fears are groundless. How would they connect Tom Badgerlock to Hap, let alone know where the boy came from? Take no reckless action. See Chade first and tell him what you fear. And speak to Prince Dutiful. His betrothal is tonight. The lad holds himself well, but his is a thin and brittle façade. See him, reassure him.’ Then he paused and ventured, ‘Perhaps someone else could be dispatched to—’
‘No.’ I cut him off firmly. ‘I must go myself. Some of what is there I will take, and the rest I will destroy.’ My mind danced past the charging buck that the Fool had carved into my tabletop. FitzChivalry Farseer’s emblem graced Tom Badgerlock’s board. Even that seemed a threat to me now. Burn it, I decided. Burn the whole cottage to the ground. Leave no trace that I had ever lived there. Even the herbs growing in the garden told too much about me. I should never have left that shell of myself for anyone to nose through; I should never have allowed myself to leave my marks so plainly on anything.
