- Title:
- Fool’s Quest (The Fitz and The Fool, #2)
- By:
- Robin Hobb
- Pages:
- 768
- Rating:
- 4
Acclaimed and bestselling author Robin Hobb continues her Fitz and the Fool trilogy with this second entry, following Fool’s Assassin, ramping up the tension and the intrigue as disaster continues to strike at Fitz’s life and heart.
After nearly killing his oldest friend, the Fool, and finding his daughter stolen away by those who were once targeting the Fool, FitzChivarly Farseer is out for blood. And who better to wreak havoc than a highly trained and deadly former royal assassin? Fitz might have let his skills go fallow over his years of peace, but such things, once learned, are not so easily forgotten. And nothing is more dangerous than a man who has nothing left to lose…
I really enjoy seeing Fitz older. It was also very interesting when he was young of course, and even then his writings were profound, of a sort. But with age comes wisdom, and the writing has unrolled to show that in a very compelling way. This book did end rather abruptly, hopefully paving the way for a powerful, engaging concluding instalment.