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Tronconjuro. Madera viva. El bien más preciado del mundo. Como tantas otras mercancías de leyenda, únicamente se encuentra en los Territorios Pluviales.Bingtown es un centro de comercio exótico y el hogar de una nobleza mercante afamada por sus barcos vivientes -naves hechas de madera de mago, que maduran magicamente hasta alcanzar un estado de consciencia. La fortuna de una de las familias mas antiguas esta depositada en una nave recientemente despertada, Vivacia. Para Althea Vestrit, la nave es su legitima herencia que le ha sido negada -un legado que hara lo que sea por recuperar. Para Wintrow, sobrino de Althea, al que han interrumpido de sus estudios religiosos para servir a bordo, Vivacia es una condena perpetua. Pero el destino de la familia Vestrit -y del barco- puede estar en manos de un extraño, que trata de hacerse con el poder sobre todos los habitantes de las Islas Piratas...

Fantasy as it ought to be written' George R.R. Martin The kingdom of the Six Duchies is on the brink of civil war when news breaks that the crown prince has fathered a bastard son and is shamed into abdication. The child's name is Fitz, and his is despised.Raised in the castle stables, only the company of the king's fool, the ragged children of the lower city and his unusual affinity with animals provide Fitz with any comfort.To be useful to the crown, Fitz is trained as an assassin; and to use the traditional magic of the Farseer family. But his tutor, allied to another political faction, is determined to discredit, even kill him. Fitz must survive: for he may be destined to save the kingdom.

Return to the world of the Farseers...Robin Hobb's best loved characters, Fitz , The Fool and Nighteyes the wolf, face new adventures and trials in the first book of The Tawny Man trilogy. When Assassin's Quest closed, Fitz was living in self-imposed exile. Wracked with pain, he had chosen to discard the magical gifts that had seen him survive the wonders and torments of navigating the legendary city of the Elderlings, and of raising a dragon. Now, in this the first of a new trilogy, we are returned to the world of the Six Duchies and the lives of those who managed to survive the events of the first Assassin trilogy. Fifteen years have passed and events are about to sweep Fitz out of his quiet backwater life and into the main political current again. Persecution of the Witted has become rampant throughout the Six Duchies despite Queen Kettricken's effort to damp it. The Witted themselves have begun to strike back. So when 15 year old Prince Dutiful disappears, is it only because he is nervous about his betrothal ceremony to an Outislander princess, or has he been taken hostage by the Witted? Worse, is he perhaps another 'Piebald Prince', a Farseer tainted by Wit magic?As the desperate situation worsens, Kettricken has no choice but to summon Fitz to Buckkeep, for who better to track the young prince down than another gifted with the Wit, together with his bonded companion, the wolf Nighteyes?

An enthralling conclusion to this superb trilogy, displaying an exceptional combination of originality, magic, adventure, character, and drama."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As is Fitz--or so his enemies and friends believe. But with the help of his allies and his beast magic, he emerges from the grave, deeply scarred in body and soul. The kingdom also teeters toward ruin: Regal has plundered and abandoned the capital, while the rightful heir, Prince Verity, is lost to his mad quest--perhaps to death. Only Verity's return--or the heir his princess carries--can save the Six Duchies. But Fitz will not wait. Driven by loss and bitter memories, he undertakes a quest: to kill Regal. The journey casts him into deep waters, as he discovers wild currents of magic within him--currents that will either drown him or make him something more than he was.Praise for Robin Hobb and Assassin's Quest "Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb's books are diamonds in a sea of zircons."--George R. R. Martin "Superbly written, wholly satisfying, unforgettable: better than any fantasy trilogy in print--including mine!"--Melanie Rawn

Hace meses que el heredero legítimo del trono de los Seis Ducados, el rey Veraz, desapareció mientras seguía el rastro de los legendarios vetulus, cuya ayuda resulta imprescindible para derrotar a los despiadados Corsarios de la Vela Roja que asolan las costas del reino. Cuando todos lloran la muerte de Veraz, la única persona que sabe que su rey todavía sigue con vida es el bastardo real Traspié Hidalgo, asesino, brujo y fugitivo de la justicia. El problema es que sólo sus enemigos saben que Traspié vive todavía, pues sus amigos le dan por muerto, ejecutado por practicar la magia prohibida de la Maña. En "La senda del asesino", la búsqueda de venganza de Traspié Hidalgo contra el usurpador Regio lo embarca en un viaje a las tierras de los vetulus, mas... ¿qué son en realidad estos misteriosos vetulus? ¿Existen realmente? Y, lo más importante, aunque existan, ¿responderán a la llamada de auxilio de los Seis Ducados? Con su impresionante serie del Vatídico, Robin Hobb se coloca entre los escritores que continúan revitalizando un género que a menudo peca de previsible, aportando frescura, sutileza y emoción a sus páginas.

En una corte que desprecia su condición de bastardo, en un reino que se encuentra al borde de la guerra, Traspié Hidalgo Vatídico debe hacer frente a una serie de compromisos para los que no se siente preparado. El amor de su vida representa la antitesis de lo que dictan las normas de la corte. El lobo Ojos de Noche es su mas fiel aliado en un mundo que desprecia y castiga los vinculos especiales entre hombres y bestias. El enigmatico bufon real, al que consideraba su amigo, parece anteponer a todo lo demas su lealtad a un monarca que agoniza. Los Seis Ducados parecen condenados a sucumbir a manos de los sanguinarios Corsarios de la Vela Roja, y la ultima posibilidad de salvacion podria encontrarse al otro lado del lejano Reino de las Montañas, en la legendaria figura de los Vetulus. Pero, ¿se puede confiar la suerte de todo un reino a la busqueda de lo que parece ser una simple quimera? Robin Hobb ha creado una historia donde cada personaje es el personaje principal y goza de una inconfundible voz propia, de modo que todos los aficionados a la fantasia puedan sumergirse por completo en esta apasionante trama de viajes, aventuras, amor, lealtad y traiciones.

Mientras Bingtown se precipita hacia el desastre, la matriarca del clan, Ronica Vestrit, acusada de traición, está buscando una manera de unir a los habitantes de la ciudad frente a la amenaza de los chalcedeanos. Entretanto, Althea Vestrit, que desconoce lo que ha ocurrido en Bingtown y en su familia, continua su peligrosa busqueda para localizar y recuperar a su nave Vivacia, secuestrada por el despiadado pirata Kennit. Pese a su atrevimiento, puede que su plan resulte inutil. Por su cariño, Vivacia se enfrentara a lo mas terrible, mientras que el secreto de las naves es revelado. Una verdad tan abrumadora como esa puede destruir a Vivacia y a todos aquellos que la aman, incluyendo al joven sacerdote Wintrow Vestrit, cuya vida ya pende de un hiloEn el ultimo volumen de la trilogia de Las leyes del mar, Robin Hobb entrelaza el fascinante relato de una ciudad al borde de la ruina con la historia de una gloriosa y mitica especie a punto de extinguirse. El destino del clan Vestrit esta ligado al de ambasLa calidad literaria de Robin Hobb se ha ganado las alabanzas de la critica y la admiracion de autores como George R. R. Martin o Kevin J. Anderson.

Con el inicio de la saga «El Profeta Blanco» te sumergirás en el cautivador universo de los Seis Ducados, de la mano de una de las grandes maestras de la literatura fantástica mundial: Robin Hobb.

The triumphant conclusion to the magnificent Liveship Traders series. The dragon, Tintaglia, has been released from her wizardwood coffin, only to find that the glories of her kingdom have passed into ancient memory. Meanwhile, Malta Vestrit navigates the acid flow of the Rain Wild River in a decomposing boat, accompanied by the Satrap Cosgo and his Companion Kekki. Against hope, a ship appears in the alien waters, but does it mean rescue, or a further nightmare, for Malta? In ruined Bingtown, the citizens are at war, against the Chalcedean mercenaries besieging the harbour, and also among themselves. If the city is to survive, Ronica Vestrit must unite all its peoples -- both Trader and Tattooed -- and liberate the city once and for all; but Companion Serilla has a different agenda, and is seeking to establish her own power base. Althea and Brashen are finally at sea together, sailing the liveship Paragon into pirate waters in a last-ditch effort to rescue the Vestrit family liveship, Vivacia, stolen by the Pirate king, Kennit; but there is mutiny brewing in their rag-tag crew; and in the mind of the mad ship itself!Wintrow has liberated She Who Remembers and she can at last fulfil her ancient purpose, but in doing so he has been terribly injured. If Wintrow dies, Kennit fears that Vivacia will lose her fragile sanity: a loss that will also threaten his dreams of power and glory. So he strikes a deal with the ship. And soon the waters around the Vivacia are seething with giant serpents, following the liveship as it sails to its destiny. Majestic and sweeping, Ship of Destiny concludes the tale of the Vestrit family and their part in the history of The Liveship Traders with a soaring and triumphant finale to this unique series of epic fantasy.

A heralded writer of epic fantasy, Robin Hobb has given readers worlds within worlds in her heroic Farseer and Liveship Traders trilogies. Now she takes the final step in the breathtaking trilogy of the Tawny Man, as the tale of FitzChivalry Farseer comes to an epic end. Rife with boundless adventure and unforgettable characters, Fool’s Fate is destined to become a classic of the genre. Assassin, spy, and Skillmaster, FitzChivalry Farseer, now known only as man-at-arms Tom Badgerlock, has become firmly ensconced in the queen’s court at Buckkeep. Only a few are aware of his fabled, tangled past—and the sacrifices he made to survive it. And fewer know of his possession of the Skill magic. With Prince Dutiful, his assassin-mentor Chade, and the simpleminded yet strongly Skilled Thick, FitzChivalry strives to aid the prince on a quest that could ultimately secure peace between the Six Duchies and the Outislands—and win Dutiful the hand of the Narcheska Elliania. For the Narcheska has set the prince on an unfathomable task: to behead a dragon trapped in ice—the legendary Icefyre, on the island of Aslevjal. Yet not all the clans of the Outislands support the prince’s effort to behead their legendary defender. Are there darker forces at work behind the Narcheska’s imperious demand? As the prince and his coterie set sail, FitzChivalry works behind the scenes, playing nursemaid to the ailing Thick, while striving to strengthen their Skill—ultimately bringing his unacknowledged daughter into the web of the Skill magic, where the truth must finally unfold. The quest emerges amid riddles that must be unraveled, a clash of cultures, and the ultimate betrayal. For knowing that the Fool has foretold he will die on the island of ice, FitzChivalry has plotted with Chade to leave his dearest friend behind. But fate cannot so easily be defied.