The Kingkiller Chronicle · Book 1
The Name of the Wind
- Published
- 27 March 2007
- Pages
- 736
- ISBN-13
- 9780756404079
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Name of the Wind opened the Kingkiller Chronicle series in 2007 at 736 pages, ahead of The Wise Man's Fear. It introduces roadside innkeeper Kote, secretly the living legend Kvothe, as he begins telling a chronicler the true story of his life -- a childhood among traveling performers, sudden orphaning, and a scholarship to the University's school of practical magic.
Its place in The Kingkiller Chronicle
The Name of the Wind is book 1 in the The Kingkiller Chronicle series. It is followed by The Wise Man's Fear. See the full The Kingkiller Chronicle reading order.
In a roadside inn, an unassuming innkeeper named Kote is really Kvothe, a living legend whose reputation ranges from arcanist and musician to arsonist, thief, and possible murderer of kings. Over three days, he tells a chronicler the true story of his life: a childhood among traveling performers, sudden orphaning, years of feral survival on city streets, and a scholarship to the University, a school of practical magic ("sympathy") built on rigorous, almost scientific rules rather than wand-waving. Patrick…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781423389286
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9783608938159
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9788466354028