In a faraway land in which the nobility are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy becomes a walking enigma. A cipher to be interpreted and used by the crafty, the wise and the wicked. Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry, is a royal bastard.
Robin Hobb is one of the world’s finest writers of epic fiction. She was born in California in 1952 but raised in Alaska. She raised her family, ran a smallholding, delivered post to her remote community, all at the same time as writing stories and novels. She succeeded on all fronts, raising four children and becoming an internationally best-selling writer. She lives in Tacoma, Washington State.