![]() ![]() That’s primarily became it’s a different kind of book: a quest novel, rather than one which builds on place and character and intrigue, as Hobb did so well in the rest of the trilogy. Little better than a wild animal, snapping and snarling at those who have brought him back to a life he has no desire for, Fitz has to be painstakingly trained to see himself as a man again.Ĭompared to the previous two books I felt this novel had less cohesion, at least in the first half. And yet the recovery is not to be a swift one. Clinging to the vestiges of life through his Wit-bond to Nighteyes, he gradually loses all awareness of himself as human and individual only to be sharply recalled to his body and resurrected by the sheer determination of Burrich and Chade. We encounter Fitz at the nadir of his fortunes: broken and shattered by Regal’s guards, to all appearances dead and buried in the freezing earth. ![]() A great deal happens in this final novel and much of it grows out of events in the earlier books, so I might be giving away spoilers without even realising it. If you haven’t read the preceding books and think you might like to do so, I warn you to tread carefully here. ![]() ![]() This third and final volume of The Farseer trilogy opens with a situation in which, frankly, things can only get better. ![]()
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