The Narrow Road Between Desires

Its place in The Kingkiller Chronicle

The Narrow Road Between Desires is book 4 in the The Kingkiller Chronicle series. It follows The Slow Regard of Silent Things. It is followed by The Doors of Stone. 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…