With the king no longer living and the heir, Verity, missing and declared dead, Prince Regal has treacherously seized the throne. The journey casts him into deep waters, as he discovers wild currents of magic within himcurrents that will either drown him or make him something more than he was. Her best known series is The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest.

As Royal Assassin improved upon Assassin's Apprentice, Assassin's Quest takes the trilogy to a new level and gives the reader what they want, and much more. Nothing much happened; we got no real answers as to the history of Elderlings or the Red and White Ships. In short, Fitz is more of an anti-hero in the trilogy and he continues to not be very bright, which is a bit tiring. One of the last things that really bothered me about this last installment is that I still have no idea why the magic systems function the way they do.A third Chinese translation was published the 1st of June 2016 by 上海社会科学院出版社 with ISBN 9787552011418. A Chinese translation was first published in 2004 in two parts: first part 刺客任務 上 with ISBN 9789867576057 and second part 刺客任務 下 with ISBN 9789867576064. This is especially true for page 220-400, which was one of the most boring experience I’ve ever had in my lifetime of reading.

I would thoroughly recommend the Farseer Trilogy to everybody and hope that you get as much enjoyment out of them as I did. In my opinion, she should have stayed in the 6 Dutchies and built a story around what Fitz is- an assassin. Despite the complex political intrigues, the wide-ranging geographies and the ancient magics of Skill and Wit, none of these take away from the people at the heart of the story. Fitz survives thanks to the guidance of Kettle and his bond with Nighteyes, and also develops a bond with the Fool. While Fitz's narrative continues in The Tawny Man Trilogy, the Liveship Traders Trilogy is next in the chronology of the Realm of the Elderlings.And because I still have so many other things to say I’ll head directly to my characters section now! I don't agree with this decision- this story follows too closely to other books with standard fantasy tropes (LotR, Shannara, Dragonlance) where the hero and a group of people go on a journey to find the item they need that will save the world. And that gender discussion was a nice addition, although I do think it could have been fleshed out a bit more. Although, despite the awful romance and less of the Fool, I still liked Royal Assassin a tad more than this one. My irritation with Fitz grew by the page, and at this point he is very near to becoming my least favourite protagonist ever.

Snail’s Quest, Repetition Quest, Tea’s Quest, Patience’s Quest, or just Ass Quest, for all I know Assassin’s Quest shouldn’t be the title for this book. Under the watchful eye of Burrich, old King Shrewd's Stablemaster, Fitz must learn to cast off the wild but carefree ways of the wolf and enter once more the human world: a world beset ever more viciously by the relentless Red Ship Raiders who are now left free to plunder any coastal town they please. Their friendship is everything and it made me so sad when Nighteyes decided to go his own way for a while. I knelt on the rise, looking down at the town, knowing clearly what I wished with all my heart to do.

I have to say, it nearly killed me when Fitz tried to lie about his daughter to the fool, by pretending it was Verity's bastard. I’ve read Assassin’s Apprentice several times by now, and imagined him completely wrong every time 🙈 Still, at least his personality was consistent with what I’d imagined, and, just like always, I was cackling over all his inappropriate jokes and the way he went out of his way to embarrass Fitz 😁 In general, I just really loved seeing his bond with Fitz developed more. But after falling in love with Royal Assassin, I was hoping for something a bit more satisfying from Assassin's Quest. I have numerous problems with the book, but it is very difficult to go in depth with the issues without providing spoilers. I don’t think I can’t emphasize this highly enough, Fitz is a much better character when Nighteyes is around him.

I understand that the changes began occurring in book two, and there has always been an undercurrent of magic in the books, but before AQ, it was always a subtle magic that was not so in your face. If Verity wasn't up to the job, clearly Fitz would have been and he could have been put forward as a viable alternative to Regal.The three books improve upon each other and Assassin's Quest is a perfect conclusion to an absorbing tale. Overall, Assassin’s Quest was a book that, despite being over 800 pages long, was a breeze to get through. Otherwise, Hobb maintains her excellent writing all the way through to the very end of this trilogy.