num_pages: 805
description: alternate cover for ISBN 9780006486039The triumphant conclusion to the tale of the Farseers, in which kingdoms must stand or fall on the beat of a dragon’s wings, or a Fool’s heart.A small and sadly untried coterie – the old assassin Chade, the serving-boy Thick, Prince Dutiful, and his reluctant Skillmaster, Fitz – sail towards the distant island of Aslevjal. There they must fulfil the Narcheska’s challenge: to lay the head of the dragon Icefyre, whom legends tell is buried there deep beneath the ice, upon her hearth. Only then can their marriage proceed, and put an end to war between the two kingdoms.Having abandoned the Fool in Buckkeep, Fitz is guilt-stricken; but determined to keep the fate of his beloved friend at bay, since prophecy foretells the Fool’s 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…Cover illustration by John Howe
language: English
title: Fool's Fate
titlecomplete: Fool's Fate (Tawny Man, #3)
characters: Elliania the Narcheska, Salt (Girl-on-dragon), Web (Tawny Man), Peottre Blackwater, Starling Birdsong, Oerttre Blackwater, FitzChivalry Farseer, The Fool (Elderling Saga), Sara the cook, The Pale Woman, Steady son of Burich, Longwick, Lacey (Elderling Saga), Civil Bresinga, Swift Witted, Kettricken (Farseer), Sydel Grayling of Cotterhills, Thick, Nettle Farseer, Henja, Arkon Bloodblade, Burrich, Kebal Rawbread, IceFire, Prilkop, Riddle, Chade Fallstar, Lady Patience, Tintaglia, Dutiful Farseer, Hap Gladheart, Kossi Blackwater, Molly Chandler
genres: High Fantasy, Audiobook, Epic Fantasy, Adventure, Adult, Magic, Fiction, Dragons, Epic, Fantasy
ratings_count: 75357
places: Aslevjal, Buckkeep, Wuislington on Out Island Mayle, Zylig (Out Islands port)
series: The Realm of the Elderlings, The Tawny Man
publisher: Voyager