Page Count: 672 pages (hardcover, DAW Books, ISBN 9780756404079)
Date Published: March 27, 2007
Publisher: DAW Books
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A tavernkeeper sits down to tell the truth about his own legend, and the story that follows reads like a campfire myth that somehow learned perfect manners and then set your hair on fire anyway.
My name is Kvothe.
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.
You may have heard of me.
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.
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Quill Award (2007), Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year (2007), Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
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