The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice

Robin Hobb

Mar 2010 · Farseer Book 1 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Paul Boehmer

About this audiobook

With unforgettable characters, a sweeping backdrop, and passionate storytelling, this is a fantasy debut to rival that of Robert Jordan. Filled with adventure and bloodshed, pageantry and piracy, mystery and menace, Assassin's Apprentice is the story of a royal house and the young man who is destined to chart its course through tempests of change. Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal household by his father's gruff stableman. An outcast whose existence has forced his father to abdicate his claim on the throne, Fitz is ignored by all royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in the young man's blood is a heritage of magic, the talent called the Skill, as well as another, even more mysterious ability. As barbarous raiders ravage the coasts and leave behind the zombie-like husks of the townspeople to prowl the countryside, Fitz is growing toward manhood. Soon he will face his first dangerous, soul-shattering mission, a mission that poses as much a threat to himself as it does for his target-for Fitz is a threat to the throne...but he may also be the key to the survival of the kingdom.

Ratings and reviews

Someone had mentioned in the review section that this is a story that you will carry with you for the rest of your life, and i couldn't agree more, so true indeed. I actually felt a sad sense of loss when I finished reading the last book of the story of FitzChivalry Farseer. The books are that good. Now I feel as though Fitz and Nighteyes are with me again. I personally like the feel and tone of the narrator. Worth every penny to be with my old friends again in the land of the Six Duchies.

Wonderful story. Terrible narrator/vocal actor. This version butchers the feel of the narrative so bad it's barely palatable. i.e. Reading the voice of a young boy as a experienced veteran.... just comes off as monotone drudgery. So disappointed.

Took me in to a land, n story, that was very appealing for me...I read the Hard cover, of all THREE Trilogies, now i would, love to hear it Read to me, to get the effectiviness, of, what i might have missed , while rreading them!

About the author

Robin Hobb is the author of four well-received fantasy trilogies, the Farseer trilogy, the Liveship Traders trilogy, the Tawny Man trilogy, and the Soldier Son trilogy.

Paul Boehmer is a seasoned actor who has appeared on Broadway, film, and television, including The Thomas Crown Affair and All My Children. Coinciding with another of his passions, sci-fi, Paul has been cast in various roles in many episodes of Star Trek.