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Royal Assassin
- The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 29 hrs and 16 mins
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The second volume in Robin Hobb’s internationally bestselling Farseer series.
We are here Fitz, you and I, to change the future and the world…
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King Shrewd has been struck down by a mysterious illness and King-in-waiting, Verity, spends all his time attempting to conjure storms to confuse and destroy the Red-Ship Raiders. And when he leaves on an insane mission to seek out the mystical Elderings, Fitz is left alone and friendless but for the wolf Nighteyes and the King’s Fool with his cryptic prophesies.
Critic reviews
“Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers … what makes her novels as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics.” (The Times)
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- Emma
- 06-21-14
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An excellent follow up to Assassin's Apprentice, this book is full of action and adventure. Several times I found myself sitting in my car for several minutes at the end of my commute, waiting for a good place to pause the story, but they are hard to find! Once again, Paul Boehmer reads excellently, and does the story a great justice in the telling.
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- Sharon
- 09-16-18
Great listen
In spite of other reviewers I thought the narrator did a good job. The story was good and involving.
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- ratna
- 03-08-15
Getting used to the narrator!
Not cringing so much and despite upper class accent he is doing a fine job. The story is brilliant and worth the agony of narration.
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- Noam Sellam
- 07-08-23
Great story varying performance
A great continuation to the saga
Onwards to the 3rd book
Fitz never has a dull moment
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- Oskari
- 11-30-21
This is 90's Game of Thrones to me
Brilliant story with really good flow and gripping arc. All the Characters are there for a reason
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- Lesley
- 04-19-20
Some EXTRAORDINARY pronunciations
When a narrator can jolt a listener out of a world created by the author it is woeful. It's so hard to pick up the thread and move on when the irritation lasts a while. This narrator seemed incapable of sounding o as in hot, cot, dot etc. He insisted on adding an r... so hot became hort, cot- cort etc. I'm pretty sure it was an affectation (probably trying for received British accent) because every so often he forgot ... er I mean forgort haha and pronounced that sound as most people would... When he did slip up it was when he was moving faster through the text at moments of tension. He put in an OK effort in tone, pitch, speed etc, but there were a few 'blinders' in pronunication appart frorm the o sound.
If the story had been weaker I would have given up long before the end. Do editors ever listen to the product part way through a recording??? If they did, they could catch these irritants and deliver a much better product... er... prorduct.
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- Torbjørn S Seiffert
- 08-10-14
Absolutely stunning performance by Paul Boehmer
The Farseer trilogy is quickly becoming one of my favorite works of fiction. The author carefully builds a gallery of complex and believable characters that both fulfill and transcend their given archetypes. The setting is deep and engaging and the story that takes place there is an absolutely masterful tour of themes like loyalty, friendship, love, duty, hatred and sacrifice. Robin Hobb constructs a living, breathing world around the characters with the immersive writer's voice that she maintains throughout the work. This is in turn rendered magnificently by Paul Boehner, who reads it as if it were an autobiographical work from another life. I will recommend it to my friends, and I recommend it to you.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-15-22
the reading breaks the immersion for me
I love these books, and the reader does a good job. but I can tell its an American reader as some things are said in a way English people wouldn't say especiallycertain A sounds. so its just a bit jarring. I did for the most part get used to it, but its not ideal.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-24-24
Fantastic prose and vocal performance
Great sequel to the first book and sets up for the third book quite well. Hobb displays immense empathy and insight into how people think.
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- bogdan s.
- 04-04-24
Great book
Narator is great , uses many voices and it's easy to follow the dialogue
The story is amazing.
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