Assassin's Apprentice

Robin Hobb

ISBN 10: 0002246066 / ISBN 13: 9780002246064

Published by HarperCollins, London, 1995

About this Item

A very good uncorrected Proof copy bound in illustrated wraps. Reading crease to spine. The covers are scuffed with wear to the edges. This copy is ex-lib with a partial library stamp on the inside of the cover with paper roughed at the bottom of that page where a label has been removed. On the half title page opposite there are the remnants of the lending history sheet at the top [see third picture]. Signed by the Author on the title page. The design is different to the one used when published. Seller Inventory # 010391

Bibliographic Details

Title: Assassin's Apprentice

Publisher: HarperCollins, London

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: Uncorrected Proof

About this title

Synopsis:

With unforgettable characters, a sweeping backdrop, and passionate storytelling, this is a fantasy debut to rival that of Robert Jordan. Filled with adventure and bloodshed, pageantry and piracy, mystery and menace, Assassin's Apprentice is the story of a royal house and the young man who is destined to chart its course through tempests of change. Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal household by his father's gruff stableman. An outcast whose existence has forced his father to abdicate his claim on the throne, Fitz is ignored by all royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in the young man's blood is a heritage of magic, the talent called the Skill, as well as another, even more mysterious ability. As barbarous raiders ravage the coasts and leave behind the zombie-like husks of the townspeople to prowl the countryside, Fitz is growing toward manhood. Soon he will face his first dangerous, soul-shattering mission, a mission that poses as much a threat to himself as it does for his target-for Fitz is a threat to the throne...but he may also be the key to the survival of the kingdom.

From the Inside Flap:

Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father's gruff stableman. He is treated like an outcast by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him sectetly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in Fitz's blood runs the magic Skill--and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected by his family. As barbarous raiders ravage the coasts, Fitz is growing to manhood. Soon he will face his first dangerous, soul-shattering mission. And though some regard him as a threat to the throne, he may just be the key to the survival of the kingdom.