Robin Hobb
Assassin´s Fate

2018 | Nakladatelství HarperCollins Publishers UK

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 protege 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. 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 protege 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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O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	864
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	0007444281
ISBN:	9780007444281
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	5. 8. 2025 0:27
Číslo položky:	1330692

O autorovi

Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb, vlastním jménem Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden , je americká spisovatelka, která se nejvíce proslavila příběhy z Říše Elderlingů , které uvedla knihou Assassin's Apprentice z trilogie Farseer . Narodila se v roce 1952 v Berkeley v Kalifornii. Od deseti let vyrůstala ve Fairbanksu na Aljašce. Vystudovala střední školu Austin E. Lathrop a po roce studia na univerzitě v Denveru se vrátila na Aljašku. V osmnácti letech se provdala za Freda Odgena z Kodiaku, kam se po svatbě také přestěhovali. Na začátku své kariéry psala hlavně pro děti, a tak svou první povídku prodala dětskému časopisu. Její díla se objevila například v časopisech Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill a Highlights for Children. Sestavila také krátké povídky využívající specializovaného slovníku, které byly použity v edukačních materiálech Science Research Associates. V 70. letech začala psát krátké fantasy povídky vydané např. v časopise Space and time . První prodanou fantasy povídkou byla „Bones for Dulath“, publikována v antalogii Amazons!, ve které se poprvé objevily postavy Ki a Vandien, které se objevily i v dalších pracích. Amazons! vyhrála cenu World Fantasy Award pro nejlepší antalogii roku. Druhý příběh s Ki a Vandienem „The Small One“ byl publikován v Fanastic Stories v roce 1980. Do roku 1995 publikovala pouze pod jménem Megan Lingholm. Její fantasy přechází mezi několika subžánry, od dobrodružné až po urban fantasy . Její první román, Harpys Flight, byl publikován nakladatelstvím Ace v roce 1983. Byl prvním ze čtyř o Ki a Vandienovi, poslední z nich byl publikován v roce 1989. V letech 1985–1988 psala také povídky do světové antalogie Liavek. Spolu se Stevenem Brustem napsala román The Gypsy, který byl uveden nejen jako klasická kniha, ale také na CD spolu s albem skladeb Songs Fr...

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