Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Each Wednesday you get to highlight a book that your really looking forward to. This week I’ve chosen:
Assassin’s Fate (The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy #3) by Robin Hobb.
Book Blurb:
Prince FitzChivalry Farseer’s daughter Bee was violently abducted from Withywoods by Servants of the Four in their search for the Unexpected Son, foretold to wield great power. With Fitz in pursuit, the Servants fled through a Skill-pillar, leaving no trace. It seems certain that they and their young hostage have perished in the Skill-river.
Clerres, where White Prophets were trained by the Servants to set the world on a better path, has been corrupted by greed. Fitz is determined to reach the city and take vengeance on the Four, not only for the loss of Bee but also for their torture of the Fool. Accompanied by FitzVigilant, son of the assassin Chade, Chade’s protégé Spark and the stableboy Perseverance, Bee’s only friend, their journey will take them from the Elderling city of Kelsingra, down the perilous Rain Wild River, and on to the Pirate Isles.
Their mission for revenge will become a voyage of discovery, as well as of reunions, transformations and heartrending shocks. Startling answers to old mysteries are revealed. What became of the liveships Paragon and Vivacia and their crews? What is the origin of the Others and their eerie beach? How are liveships and dragons connected?
But Fitz and his followers are not the only ones with a deadly grudge against the Four. An ancient wrong will bring them unlikely and dangerous allies in their quest. And if the corrupt society of Clerres is to be brought down, Fitz and the Fool will have to make a series of profound and fateful sacrifices.
I can’t wait for this book! The expected publication date is: May 4th 2017 in the UK and May 9th 2017 in the US.
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This will make me drop everything to read this. So pity anything currently being read atound may 4th. I just hope it isn’t the final book she writes in this universe.
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Yeah, I hope so to, I do have a feeling that it will be the last book featuring Fitz though. 😦 If it is I wonder if he’ll go out as emotionally as Nighteyes. 😦
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I have that same feeling. On the plus side, I don’t care about Fitz in the same way I did Nighteyes. For Fitz, death would be a release.
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This is very true, Nighteyes 😦
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Don’t … the pain is still too raw.
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I can’t wait to start reading this one!
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I was lucky enough to land a digital ARC, and I’m just over halfway through it. A fantastic read that really brings a lot of threads together, and packs an emotional wallop.
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Awesome! Glad it’s bringing the threads together and Hobb always manages to bring the emotion – Nighteyes. 😦
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I’m dying for this book. In fact I just pre-ordered my signed copy last week. 😀
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A signed copy, awesome.😀
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Ooooo, one of my blogger friends is really excited about this book! I feel like I saw it on NetGalley? Or maybe Edelweiss? It looks familiar. I have to say, it definitely seems like something I’d enjoy. 😀 I hope you love this book when you get the chance to read it!
Have a fabulous week, Drew. =)
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Ooo… and isn’t that UK cover FABULOUS!! Thank you for the shout-out regarding this one, Drew. Probably Himself is on it with a pre-order with this one:). But just in case he hasn’t, I’ll make a note of it.
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Yes, definitely a stunning UK cover.😀
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Same! I am counting down the days and will drop everything the day it gets published. I loved this trilogy so far – didn’t expect it at all, as my expectations were super high. I hope this trilogy is not the end though 🙂
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I didn’t particularly enjoy the first book in the trilogy but thought the second was awesome and can’t wait for this, it really should be one of the best books of the year.😀
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Me and boyfriend are reading the first book of this series to each other before bed now! So I’m also waiting for this one to come out 🙂
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I am quite honestly taking time off work so I can read this book undisturbed. I can’t wait!
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Thanks for the follow, just saw you’re post on upcoming books and I agree Hobb will destroy us all with Assassin’s Fate, part of me still hasn’t gotten over Nighteyes!😢😞
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