Realms of the Elderlings

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Assassin’s Apprentice Publisher's summary

The first volume in Robin Hobb’s internationally bestselling Farseer series.

In a faraway land where members of the royal family are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy will become a walking enigma.

Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry Farseer, is a royal bastard cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only his magical link with animals – the old art known as the Wit – gives him solace and companionship. But the Wit, if used too often, is a perilous magic, and one abhorred by the nobility.

So when Fitz is finally adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly, as he trains to become a royal assassin.

©2012 Robin Hobb (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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  • Book 1

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  • Book 2

    • The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2
    • By: Robin Hobb
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 29 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 05-25-10
    • Language: English
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    • The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2
    • By: Robin Hobb
    • Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
    • Length: 29 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 08-30-12
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    • The Liveship Traders, Book 1
    • By: Robin Hobb
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    • Length: 35 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 02-12-10
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    • The Liveship Traders, Book 2
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    • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
    • Length: 33 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 08-30-12
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    • By: Robin Hobb
    • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
    • Length: 33 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 08-11-10
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    • The Liveship Traders, Book 3
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    • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
    • Length: 33 hrs and 39 mins
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    • The Liveship Traders, Book 3
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    • Length: 33 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 08-25-10
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  • Book 7

    • Tawny Man Trilogy, Book 1
    • By: Robin Hobb
    • Narrated by: Nick Taylor
    • Length: 23 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 01-31-13
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    • Length: 25 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 02-28-13
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    • The Tawny Man Trilogy, Book 2
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    • Narrated by: James Langton
    • Length: 26 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 07-25-14
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    • Length: 32 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 08-11-14
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    • Length: 31 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 03-28-13
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    • The Rain Wild Chronicles, Book 1
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    • Narrated by: Saskia Butler
    • Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 08-06-09
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 224 ratings

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