Fool's Fate (The Tawny Man Trilogy, Book 3) Robin Hobb 9780007588978

'Fantasy as it ought to be written' George R.R. Martin

The thrilling conclusion to Robin Hobb's Tawny Man trilogy.

Kingdoms will stand or fall on the beat of a dragon's wings, or a Fool's heart.

Prince Dutiful has been charged with a quest to the Outisland to take the head of the black dragon Icefyre. Only then will his betrothed marry him and cement the alliance between their warring kingdoms.

But is Icefyre just a legend? Or does he truly slumber beneath the glaciers? Fitz has prevented his friend the Fool from accompanying them the Fool has foreseen his own death if he ever sets foot on the isle of the black dragon. But as their ship draws in towards Aslevjal a lone figure awaits them...

Robin Hobb is one of the world's finest writers of epic fiction.She was born in California in 1952 but raised in Alaska, where she learned how to raise a wolf cub, to skin a moose and to survive in the wilderness. When she married a fisherman who fished herring and the Kodiak salmon-run for half the year, these skills would stand her in good stead. 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.

'Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers'
The Times

'Robin Hobb writes achingly well'
SFX

'Hobb is a remarkable storyteller'
Guardian