Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1835 in Books
• Published on: 1998-03-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 848 pages

Synopsis
The gripping finale to Robin Hobb's classic Farseer trilogy, now reissued in gorgeous new livery. Keystone. Gate. Crossroads. Catalyst. Fitz is about to discover the truth about the Fool's prophecy. Having been resurrected from his fatal tortures in Regal's dungeons, Fitz has once more foiled Regal's attempts to be rid of him. Now, back in his own body, and after months of rehabilitation, Fitz begins the painful and slow process of learning the ways of a man again. 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. But more immediately, a world in which he finds he is utterly alone. Regal has stripped the kingdom of its riches and retired to the inland city of Tradeford. Of Verity, on his quest to find the legendary Elderings, there has been no word; Molly, Kettricken and the Fool have all vanished. Unless Fitz can find Verity and help him in his quest, the Six Duchies will perish and there will be no safe place to live.

Customer Reviews

a let down
The first two books in the series were well written, I got a feeling, however, that they were leading up to something really good. Fitz never really fully learned to skill properly and the limits of this gift were neer truly explored by the books. The final installment of the triology Assassins Quest had a good start to the journey, followed by what seems like too much pointless detail into the travelling, then followed by the worst ending I've seen in a trilogy. The ending is, in my opinion, the best bit in all books, but after I had finished the book, I wish I hadn't even started the trilogy. Much disappointment :-(

Trudi Canavans Black Magician trilogy was much better!!!

Die horribly for turning Fitz into a little girl.
I was amazed with Assassins Apprentice and loved Royal Assassin, but this was an atrocious way to end what could have been one of the greatest fantasy epics ever conceived. Yeah, she can write, there is no doubt about that, but the direction that she took Fitz in mentally is of a whining self pitying little girl. And he was anything but that in the previous two books. An absolute shame, and everything she's written since is pretty bland too.

Poor ending
Loved the first two. Deliberately saved the final book for my two-week holiday to Canada. Great start but it is as others have said: a rushed and poorly thought out ending. I could not believe what I was reading. She set the bar high but let the side down with a real shoddy finale.