I had accidentally discovered an excellent writer who has spun a tale well over fifteen years ago, which was recently put onto CD, unabridged. I highly recommend picking up the writings of Robin Hobb, and her Farseer Series. The first installment of the trilogy is called 'Assassin's Apprentice'. It follows the adventures, and misadventures of a boy, born illigitimately from the trist of a prince in line for the throne of a kingdom known as "The Six Duchies", and a commoner woman, whom our hero would never know. He is turned over to the castle at the age of six, to be raised by the stablemaster, and secretly trained to be an assassin for the king.
This book, though a bit slow to start, got me hooked, and made me seek out the remaining two installments, finding them also on CD, as well as paperback. The second installment is called; Royal Assassin, which finds young FitzChivalry mostly grown up now, doing the biddings of the king to keep people known as 'forged ones'; the result of captives of the raiders who plague their coasts during the summer, from invading their kingdom.
The third installment, called; Assassin's Quest, is what I am currently listening to, as well as reading in tandum, to keep the well written story flowing. There is much that happens to FitzChivalry over the course of the three books, and will definitely keep you enraptured, as he struggles with his loyalties, love, special talent, known as 'The Wit', and the 'Skill', and fights the treatury and problems faced by the royal family he is sworn to protect. His loyalties bouncing between the King and one prince, who is the brother of his father. There is too much to explain here, but I highly recommend reading or listening to this excellently spun tale if you are looking for something different to sink your literary teeth into.
Robin Hobb's Farseer Series:
Book 1; Assassin's Apprentice
Book 2; Royal Assassin
Book 3; Assassin's Quest
Books published by; Bantam Books
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