the name of the wind: kingkiller chronicle, book 1 audible <p><b>discover #1 </b><b><i>new york times </i></b><b>bestselling patrick rothfuss’ epic fantasy series, the kingkiller chronicle.</b></p> <p>“i just love the world of patrick rothfuss.” (lin-manuel miranda)</p> <p>“he’s bloody good, this rothfuss guy.” (george r. r. martin)</p> <p>“rothfuss has real talent.” (terry brooks)</p> <p>over 1 million copies sold! </p> <p><b>day one: </b><b><i>the name of the wind</i></b></p> <p><i>my name is kvothe.</i></p> <p><i>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.</i></p> <p><i>you may have heard of me.</i></p> <p>so begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature - the story of a hero told in his own voice. it is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man’s search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend. </p> <p>praise for the kingkiller chronicle: </p> <p>“the best epic fantasy i read last year.... he’s bloody good, this rothfuss guy.” (george r. r. martin, <i>new york times </i>bestselling author of <i>a song of ice and fire</i>)</p> <p>“rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous.” (terry brooks, <i>new york times </i>bestselling author of <i>shannara</i>)</p> <p>"it is a rare and great pleasure to find a fantasist writing...with true music in the words." (ursula k. le guin, award-winning author of <i>earthsea</i>)</p> <p>"the characters are real and the magic is true.” (robin hobb, <i>new york times </i>bestselling author of <i>assassin’s apprentice</i>)</p> <p>"masterful.... there is a beauty to pat's writing that defies description." (brandon sanderson, <i>new york times </i>bestselling author of <i>mistborn</i>)</p>