The much-anticipated final conclusion to the Fitz and the Fool trilogy.
Prince FitzChivalry Farseer's daughter Bee was violently abducted from
Withywoods by Servants of the Four in their search for the Unexpected Son,
foretold to wield great power. With Fitz in pursuit, the Servants fled
through a Skill-pillar, leaving no trace. It seems certain that they and
their young hostage have perished in the Skill-river. Clerres, where White
Prophets were trained by the Servants to set the world on a better path,
has been corrupted by greed. Fitz is determined to reach the city and take
vengeance on the Four, not only for the loss of Bee but also for their
torture of the Fool. Accompanied by FitzVigilant, son of the assassin
Chade, Chade's prot�g� Spark and the stableboy Perseverance, Bee's only
friend, their journey will take them from the Elderling city of Kelsingra,
down the perilous Rain Wild River, and on to the Pirate Isles. Their
mission for revenge will become a voyage of discovery, as well as of
reunions, transformations and heartrending shocks. Startling answers to old
mysteries are revealed. What became of the liveships Paragon and Vivacia
and their crews? What is the origin of the Others and their eerie beach?
How are liveships and dragons connected? But Fitz and his followers are not
the only ones with a deadly grudge against the Four. An ancient wrong will
bring them unlikely and dangerous allies in their quest. And if the corrupt
society of Clerres is to be brought down, Fitz and the Fool will have to
make a series of profound and fateful sacrifices. ASSASSIN'S FATE is a
magnificent tour de force and with it Robin Hobb demonstrates yet again
that she is the reigning queen of epic fantasy.