The Wise Man's Fear (the Kingkiller Chronicle: Book 2)

By (author) Patrick Rothfuss; By (author) Rothfuss Patrick
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The phenomenal SUNDAY TIMES-bestselling sequel to THE NAME OF THE WIND.
''Hail Patrick Rothfuss! A new giant is striding the land'' Robert J Sawyer

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''I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss'' Lin-Manuel Miranda

''He''s bloody good, this Rothfuss guy'' George R R Martin

Sequel to the extraordinary THE NAME OF THE WIND, THE WISE MAN''S FEAR is the second instalment of this superb fantasy trilogy from Patrick Rothfuss. This is the most exciting fantasy series since George R. R. Martin''s A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, and a must-read for all fans of HBO''s GAME OF THRONES.

Picking up the tale of Kvothe Kingkiller once again, we follow him into exile, into political intrigue, courtship, adventure, love and magic ... and further along the path that has turned Kvothe, the mightiest magician of his age, a legend in his own time, into Kote, the unassuming pub landlord.

Packed with as much magic, adventure and home-grown drama as THE NAME OF THE WIND, this is a sequel in every way the equal to its predecessor and a must-read for all fantasy fans. Readable, engaging and gripping THE WISE MAN''S FEAR is the biggest and the best new fantasy novel out there.

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I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss
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He''s bloody good, this Rothfuss guy
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Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous
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It''s not the fantasy trappings (as wonderful as they are) that make this novel so good, but what the author has to say about true, common things, about ambition and failure, art, love, and loss
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Hail Patrick Rothfuss! A new giant is striding the land
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Jordan and Goodkind must be looking nervously over their shoulders!
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The great new fantasy writer we''ve been waiting for, and this is an astonishing book
Biographical note:
Patrick Rothfuss is the bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicle. His first novel, The Name of the Wind, won the Quill Award and was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Its sequel, The Wise Man''s Fear, debuted at #1 on The New York Times bestseller chart and won the David Gemmell Legend Award. His novels have appeared on NPR''s Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Books list and Locus'' Best 21st Century Fantasy Novels list. Pat lives in Wisconsin, where he brews mead, builds box forts with his children, and runs Worldbuilders, a book-centered charity that has raised more than six million dollars for Heifer International. He can be found at patrickrothfuss.com and on Twitter at @patrickrothfuss.
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The superb SUNDAY TIMES-bestselling sequel to THE NAME OF THE WIND.
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The Kingkiller Chronicles: Day Two

''I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women and written songs that make the minstrels weep.

My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me.''

The man was lost. The myth remained. Kvothe - the dragon-slayer, the renowned swordsman, the most feared, fames and notorious wizard the world has ever seen - vanished without warning and without trace. And even now, when he has been found, when darkness is rising in the corners of the world, he will not return.

But his story lives on and, for the first time, Kvothe is going to tell it .