Royal Assassin

Royal Assassin
Robin Hobb

‘Fantasy as it ought to be written’ George R.R. MartinThe second volume in Robin Hobb’s internationally bestselling Farseer Trilogy.Honesty is the bedrock for any relationship. But how can Fitz – royal bastard, trainee assassin, holder of secrets crucial to the security of the kingdom – bare his soul to his beloved Molly?Danger lies all around him – from the raiders savaging the coastal towns, and from within the court. The king has been struck down by a mystery illness and his eldest son, Verity, is bound up in the defence of the realm.When Verity leaves the court in search of the mythical Elderlings, Fitz finds himself friendless apart from his wolf, Nighteyes, and the king’s strange, motley-clad fool, exposed to Prince Regal’s malign ambitions. He will be asked to sacrifice everything – his heart, his hope, even his life – for the sake of the realm.

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Contents

Cover (#u3ebc3949-cc69-552b-80b2-0bb9818cc61d)

Title Page (#uc19506fc-7054-517d-b9f6-ed3e01d5e4d7)

Copyright (#u0a21e951-53d6-5519-846b-552f6a5d0e4a)

Dedication (#ubcb54f37-2d21-5963-9a05-9687c9e8eb1c)

Map (#u914d18d1-6161-531e-8615-d86a700f1339)

Prologue (#u6d8bc7a1-539b-5e9b-85e8-a09047e6b375)

One: Siltbay (#u2748371e-17f6-59c7-8c2f-d5fda050a3bf)

Two: The Homecoming (#u03142fa6-40bf-54b9-a128-e5a2fe057ed8)

Three: Renewing Ties (#u690f979d-1b8f-5ed5-a54a-90a1c17db873)

Four: Dilemmas (#u5749e99e-d5b4-5825-b638-09de46bc138b)

Five: Gambit (#ud58e495c-03c4-59aa-8fda-4f7efd807901)

Six: Forged Ones (#ubbb6b6c8-ac74-5d93-b7b8-c219466ba259)

Seven: Encounters (#u97d97fc9-db12-5edd-ba71-afbaf4673e77)

Eight: The Queen Awakes (#uc231fd6e-05fb-5a13-b200-949659ceb9ed)

Nine: Guards and Bonds (#litres_trial_promo)

Ten: Fool’s Errand (#litres_trial_promo)

Eleven: Lone Wolves (#litres_trial_promo)

Twelve: Tasks (#litres_trial_promo)

Thirteen: Hunting (#litres_trial_promo)

Fourteen: Winterfest (#litres_trial_promo)

Fifteen: Secrets (#litres_trial_promo)

Sixteen: Verity’s Ships (#litres_trial_promo)

Seventeen: Interludes (#litres_trial_promo)

Eighteen: Elderlings (#litres_trial_promo)

Nineteen: Messages (#litres_trial_promo)

Twenty: Mishaps (#litres_trial_promo)

Twenty-One: Dark Days (#litres_trial_promo)

Twenty-Two: Burrich (#litres_trial_promo)

Twenty-Three: Threats (#litres_trial_promo)

Twenty-Four: Neatbay (#litres_trial_promo)

Twenty-Five: Buckkeep (#litres_trial_promo)

Twenty-Six: Skilling (#litres_trial_promo)

Twenty-Seven: Conspiracy (#litres_trial_promo)

Twenty-Eight: Treasons and Traitors (#litres_trial_promo)

Twenty-Nine: Escapes and Captures (#litres_trial_promo)