num_pages: 374
description: In a faraway land in which the nobility are named for the virtues they embody, one young boy becomes a walking enigma. A cipher to be interpreted and used by the crafty, the wise and the wicked. Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry, is a royal bastard.
language: English
title: Assassin's Apprentice
titlecomplete: Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
characters: Shrewd Farseer, Chade Fallstar, Burrich, Serene (Farseer), Hod (Farseer), Sara the cook, Regal Farseer, Molly Chandler, Galen (Farseer), Lady Patience, Lacey (Elderling Saga), Queen Desire, Fedwren, FitzChivalry Farseer, August Farseer, Verity Farseer, Shemshy of Shoaks, Will (Galen's coterie), Kevlar of Rippon, Hands (Elderling), Kettricken (Farseer), The Fool (Elderling Saga)
genres: Fiction, Magic, Adventure, Young Adult, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 308662
places: Forge, Neatbay, Moonseye, Buckkeep, Jhaampe (Mountain Kingdom)
series: Vatídico, L'Assassin royal, The Realm of the Elderlings, The Farseer Trilogy, A Saga do Assassino
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Locus Award
category: Fantasy, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Compton Crook Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: HarperCollins