Fool's Assassin (Part 1)

Synopsis

Fitz lives at Withywoods under the name Tom Badgerlock, fulfilled husband of Molly. But at the dawn of their life together, an unexpected miracle upends their household: the birth of a strange child, pale-skinned with too vast a heart. And soon, strangers come asking where the white child is. For Fitz, retirement is over.

First volume of a cycle of reunions and separations, Le Fou et l'Assassin resettles Fitz into a domestic life of rare emotion, then tears him from it with a cruelty worthy of Hobb. The Fool's announced return never comes when expected. The child born of their peace carries a promise — and a terrible secret.