The Kingkiller Chronicle · Book 2
The Wise Man's Fear
- Published
- 1 March 2011
- Pages
- 994
- ISBN-13
- 9780756404734
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 994 pages, The Wise Man's Fear is the longest entry in The Kingkiller Chronicle and appeared in 2011. It continues directly from The Name of the Wind as one uninterrupted story of Kvothe's early life, and stops mid-frame-narrative -- the promised conclusion, The Doors of Stone, remains unpublished more than a decade later.
Its place in The Kingkiller Chronicle
The Wise Man's Fear is book 2 in the The Kingkiller Chronicle series. It follows The Name of the Wind. It is followed by The Slow Regard of Silent Things. 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 9780756404734