Fool's Assassin: 1

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' Fantasy as it ought to be written' George RR Martin Robin Hobb returns to her best loved characters in a brand new series Tom Badgerlock has been living peaceably in the manor house at Withywoods with his beloved wife Molly these many years the estate a reward to his family for loyal service to the crown But behind the facade of respectable middle-age lies a turbulent & violent past For Tom Badgerlock is actually Fitz Chivalry Farseer bastard scion of the Farseer line convicted user of Beast-magic & assassin A man who has risked much for his king & lost more On a shelf in his den sits a triptych carved in memory stone of a man a wolf & a fool Once these three were inseparable friends Fitz Nighteyes & the Fool But one is long dead & one long-missing Then one Winterfest night a messenger arrives to seek out Fitz but mysteriously disappears leaving nothing but a blood-trail What was the message? Who was the sender? & what has happened to the messenger? Suddenly Fitz's violent old life erupts into the peace of his new world & nothing & no one is safe