The Farseer: Assassin’s Apprentice is the first chapter from the Farseer trilogy. It is also published as the first chapter of Realms of the Elderlings novel series. The novel is a science fiction fantasy. It is written by Robin Hobb. She is an amazing American author with multiple series and novels to her name. The subject novel was first published in 1995 and the last novel under the Realm of the Elderlings was published in 2017. It was an inspiring journey where Robin Hobb made a huge fan base. You can check out her top novels such as Royal Assassin and Ship of Magic to get an idea of her abilities.
Paul Boehmer in the audio version has given his voice. The performance was good but got affected due to low quality audio production that was quite distracting.
The novel is seen with some unforgettable characters. It also has a sweeping backdrop and then a highly passionate storyteller in the form of Robin Hobb. The novel is filled with some great adventure where you would finds some traces of bloodshed as well, along with mystery, piracy and pageantry. It holds a tale of a royal house with a young man in there who is the illegitimate child of Prince Chivalry. He s brought up in the by his father’s stableman in the royal house. Fitz all through his life has been ignored by all sort of royalties that he deserved. The only exception was of King Shrewd who mentored him secretly in being an assassin.
The subject novel is very typical of a science fiction fantasy. The initial part was mainly dominated by building the background of the universe and also the development of characters. It isn’t much fast paced but good enough to still invest in your time. It will make you grab the second chapter in the series.
