The Wise Man's Fear

I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss -- Lin-Manuel Miranda He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy -- George R R Martin Patrick Rothfuss' debut is set in an unnamed but fully realised fantasy world, and his characters are detailed and convincing. * WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY * Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous -- Terry Brooks 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 -- Tad Williams Hail Patrick Rothfuss! A new giant is striding the land -- Robert J. Sawyer, award-winning author of Wake Jordan and Goodkind must be looking nervously over their shoulders! -- Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times-bestselling author of The Dark Between the Stars The great new fantasy writer we've been waiting for, and this is an astonishing book -- Orson Scott Card, New York Times-bestselling author of Enders Game "Patrick Rothfuss' debut is set in an unnamed but fully realised fantasy world, and his characters are detailed and convincing." * WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY *

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.