by Patrick Rothfuss
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Discover #1 New York Times bestselling the epic adventure sequence of Patrick Rothfuss, The Chronicle of the Kingkiller.

“I enjoy Patrick Rothfuss ‘ universe.” (Lin-Manuel Miranda) “He’s a fucking good man, this Rothfuss man.” (George R. R. Martin) “Rothfuss has true skill.” (Terry Brooks) OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD! 

DAY ONE: THE WIND NAME My term is Kvothe.

I robbed princesses from the sleeping kings of the barrow. I blew down Trebon’s city. I stayed the evening with Felurian and returned with my health as well as my family. At a later era, I was fired from college than most individuals are permitted to. I walk moonlight routes other people are afraid to talk about during the day. I spoke to gods, adored females, and wrote music to cry the minstrels.

Maybe you’ve learned of me.

So starts a story unparalleled in the literature of fantasy-a hero’s story described in his own speech. It is a story of sadness, a story of life, a story of the quest for significance in one man’s universe, and how that quest, and the indomitable will that led to it, took rise to a legend. 

Praise for The Kingkiller Chronicle: “The greatest epic fantasy I studied last year…. He’s damn nice, this Rothfuss man.” (George R. R. Martin, New York Times bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire) “Rothfuss has real skill, and his story of Kvothe is profound and complex and wonderful.” (Terry Brooks, New York Times bestselling writer of Shannara) “It’s a unique and fantastic joy to discover a fantasy.