AuthorRobin Hobb
NarratorNick Taylor
SeriesThe Tawny Man Trilogy, Book 1
Duration23h 9m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
PublisherHarper Collins
VersionUnabridged
Robin Hobb’s best loved characters, Fitz , The Fool and Nighteyes, the wolf, face new adventures and trials in the first book of The Tawny Man trilogy.
When Assassin’s Quest closed, Fitz was living in self-imposed exile. Wracked with pain, he had chosen to discard the magical gifts that had seen him survive the wonders and torments of navigating the legendary city of the Elderlings, and of raising a dragon. Now, in this the first of a new trilogy, we are returned to the world of the Six Duchies and the lives of those who managed to survive the events of the first Assassin trilogy.
Fifteen years have passed and events are about to sweep Fitz out of his quiet backwater life and into the main political current again. Persecution of the Witted has become rampant throughout the Six Duchies despite Queen Kettricken’s effort to damp it. The Witted themselves have begun to strike back. So when 15-year-old Prince Dutiful disappears, is it only because he is nervous about his betrothal ceremony to an Outislander princess, or has he been taken hostage by the Witted? Worse, is he perhaps another ‘Piebald Prince’, a Farseer tainted by Wit magic?
As the desperate situation worsens, Kettricken has no choice but to summon Fitz to Buckkeep, for who better to track the young prince down than another gifted with the Wit, together with his bonded companion, the wolf Nighteyes?
The Tawny Man Trilogy Book 2: The Golden Fool
Author: Robin Hobb
Author Robin Hobb
Narrator Nick Taylor
SeriesThe Tawny Man Trilogy, Book 2
Duration 25h 6m
The second in the thrilling fantasy series returning listeners to the Six Duchies and the magical world of the Farseers, from the author of the best-selling Assassin’s Apprentice. Fitz has succeeded in rescuing Prince Dutiful from the clutches of the Piebald rebels, and has returned with him to Buckkeep castle. With Dutiful safe again,...
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Fitz & the Fool Series Book 2: Fool's Quest
Author: Robin Hobb
Author Robin Hobb
Narrator Avita Jay, Lee Maxwell Simpson
SeriesFitz & The Fool Series, Book 2
Duration 33h 54m
Years ago, they freed a dragon from the glaciers on Aslevjal. Then they parted, the Fool returning to far-off Clerres, while Fitz finally claimed a wife, a family, and a home of his own. Now, betrayed and broken, the Fool has made his way back to the Six Duchies. But as Fitz attempts to heal his old friend in Buckkeep Castle his young daughter Bee...
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The Tawny Man Trilogy Book 3: Fool's Fate
Author: Robin Hobb
Author Robin Hobb
Narrator Nick Taylor
SeriesThe Tawny Man Trilogy, Book 3
Duration 31h 41m
The triumphant conclusion to the Tawny Man trilogy, from the author of the best-selling Farseer and Liveship Traders trilogies. The moving end to the tale of the Farseers, in which kingdoms must stand or fall on the beat of a dragon's wings, or a Fool's heart. A small and sadly untried coterie - the old assassin Chade, the serving-boy Thick, Princ...
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Farseer Trilogy Book 3: Assassin's Quest
Author: Robin Hobb
Author Robin Hobb
Narrator Paul Boehmer
SeriesFarseer Trilogy, Book 3
Duration 38h
With the king no longer living and the heir, Verity, missing and declared dead, Prince Regal has treacherously seized the throne. Regal's torture has left Fitz more dead than alive, and more closely than ever bonded with his wolf. All who once loved him believe him dead: even Molly, now pregnant with his child. But he cannot go to her without placi...
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The Rain Wild Chronicles 1: The Dragon Keeper
Author: Robin Hobb
Author Robin Hobb
Narrator Saskia Butler
SeriesThe Rain Wilds Chronicles, Book 1
Duration 13h 4m
Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wilds River, the first to make the perilous journey to the cocooning grounds in generations. Many have died along the way. With its acid waters and impenetrable forest, it is a hard place for any to survive. People are changed by t...
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The Rain Wild Chronicles 2: Dragon Haven
Author: Robin Hobb
Author Robin Hobb
Narrator Jacqui Crago
SeriesThe Rain Wilds Chronicles, Book 2
Duration 21h 21m
Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in this fantastic adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy.The dragon keepers and the fledgling dragons are forging a passage up the treacherous Rain Wild River. They are in search of the mythical Elderling city of Kelsingra, and are...
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Fitz & the Fool Series Book 1: Fool's Assassin
Author: Robin Hobb
Author Robin Hobb
Narrator Avita Jay, Lee Maxwell Simpson
SeriesFitz & The Fool Series, Book 1
Duration 28h 40m
Tom Badgerlock has been living peaceably in the manor house at Withywoods with his beloved wife Molly these many years, the estate a reward to his family for loyal service to the crown. But behind the facade of respectable middle-age lies a turbulent and violent past. For Tom Badgerlock is actually FitzChivalry Farseer, bastard scion of the Farseer...
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The Rain Wild Chronicles 3: City of Dragons
Author: Robin Hobb
Author Robin Hobb
Narrator Saskia Butler
SeriesThe Rain Wilds Chronicles, Book 3
Duration 12h 58m
The secret is out.The Tarman expedition has at last found Kelsingra, a city filled with ancient treasures. Rumours of the city have floated down the Rain Wild River. Adventurers, pirates and fortune hunters will soon be coming to pillage what they can. Among them, Hest Finbok, determined to claim back his errant wife, Alise. Meanwhile, Selden Vestr...
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The Rain Wild Chronicles 4: Blood of Dragons
Author: Robin Hobb
Author Robin Hobb
Narrator Anne Flosnik
SeriesThe Rain Wilds Chronicles, Book 4
Duration 16h 9m
Dragon blood and scales, dragon liver and eyes and teeth. All required ingredients for medicines with near-miraculous healing powers. The legendary blue dragon Tintaglia is dying of wounds inflicted by hunters sent by the Duke of Chalced, who meanwhile preserves his dwindling life by consuming the blood of the dragon's poet Selden Vestrit. If Tinta...
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The Farseer Trilogy Book 2: Royal Assassin
Author: Robin Hobb
Author Robin Hobb
Narrator Paul Boehmer
SeriesFarseer Trilogy, Book 2
Duration 29h 17m
The second volume in Robin Hobb's internationally bestselling Farseer Trilogy. Honesty is the bedrock for any relationship. But how can Fitz - royal bastard, trainee assassin, holder of secrets crucial to the security of the kingdom - bare his soul to his beloved Molly? Danger lies all around him - from the raiders savaging the coastal towns, and f...
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Iona 22 Nov 2024
Extraordinary Writing and Vision
This is for all 6 of Fitz and The Fool books, and even the following 6.
On discovering the first book my reaction was ‘Why do I not know about these books?’
They were the best thing I had read in some years!
I have always been a lover of Fantasy, who knows why we are … I am in awe of the characters and the genius of creation/writing that ‘Robin’ has brought forth; and the world of The Six Duchies and beyond; of the Skill and The Wit … I have read most of the 12 books twice, this is my first time listening, and have found a lot that seems new and as yet unheard - I must have skimmed over it too quickly - .
The most exciting books since Wizard of Earthsea, and The Bear and the Nightingale Trilogy 📚 and Robert Jordan.
If you love brilliant stories you will not be able to put this down 😊
Also a big nod to the two narrators (the first American one was great, but didn’t know how to pronounce English words).
The 2nd is English and fantastic, just amazing voices, different for each character, not an easy feat, not here too suffers from not pronouncing words correctly 😄
Thank you,
Iòna (UK)