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蜚滋自首次諭令刺客任務中僥倖生還，差點成了殘廢。深受打擊的他心懷怨恨，發誓摒棄對國王立下的誓約而遁隱山中。但是，愛情和一連串的緊急危機，又讓他回到公鹿堡宮廷，捲入皇室的致命陰謀中。
紅船劫匪對沿海地區重新發動猛烈攻擊，不但燒毀民宅，還把受害者逼向精神崩潰的邊緣。在飽經內憂外患的王國裡，背叛的預謀深深威脅著年邁體衰的國王。在這危機四伏的時刻，蜚滋極可能左右王國的命運，甚至不惜付出至高代價。
刺客系列的作品並不是以華麗血腥見長；相反的，這是一名身懷絕技，卻仍生澀無知的少年成長的故事。在皇室勾心鬥角的過程中，往往隱含著無數的陰謀和伎倆，不到最後一刻，讀者都無法得知主角脫身的機會和真正的陰謀為何。這系列的作品在娛樂性和峰迴路轉的刺激感上，可說是近代奇幻小說中少見的。
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I gave Assassin’s Apprentice a solid 3.75 stars, and honestly, I expected to rate Royal Assassin lower. The first three-quarters of the book dragged so much I started to lose hope. But then Robin Hobb did what she always does.She starts slow. Painfully slow. But she does it for a reason. She's a master of planting seeds so quietly you don’t even notice until they all bloom into something breathtaking right at the end. The final chapters of Royal Assassin hit me like a tidal wave. Everything that had been slowly, carefully building just erupted into this unforgettable, gut-wrenching climax. I was floored. I will never recover, I fear. The pacing may be slow, but by the time you reach the ending, you realize it had to be. Every moment mattered. Robin Hobb’s prose is rich and absorbing and surprisingly cozy. You don’t just observe the characters, you become them. You feel their fears, their shame, their quiet joys. Even the side characters are vivid and alive. Burrich, Patience, Lacey, Kettricken, and the Fool. They’ve all carved out a little corner in my heart.And the magic. The Skill and the Wit are explored so much more deeply in this book, and Fitz’s bond with Nighteyes was one of my favorite parts. Their connection was so compelling and interesting to read about.As for the romance… I am such a sucker for yearning and heartbreak and all the messy emotions in between. Fitz and Molly gave me all of that. At times it was exhausting, frustrating even, but I still found myself rooting so hard for them. I need them to get their happy ending. If they don’t, I might have a personal vendetta against Robin Hobb.And then there's Regal. REGAL. That man infuriates me to no end. How did everyone just… not see it? After all his scheming in the first book, how was he still allowed to slither around unchecked? He got away with far too much for far too long, and it drove me insane. I cant think of anything else but this world and its characters and I’m so ready for 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