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The Wise Man’s Fear
My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me. So begins the tale of a hero told from his own point of view ― a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in THE WISE MAN’S FEAR, Day Two of The Kingkiller Chronicle, an escalating rivalry with a powerful member of the nobility forces Kvothe to leave the University and seek his fortune abroad. Adrift, penniless, and alone, he travels to Vintas, where he quickly becomes entangled in the politics of courtly society. While attempting to curry favor with a powerful noble, Kvothe uncovers an assassination attempt, comes into conflict with a rival arcanist, and leads a group of mercenaries into the wild, in an attempt to solve the mystery of who (or what) is waylaying travelers on the King's Road. All the while, Kvothe searches for answers, attempting to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, is forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm. There he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist, and who no man has ever survived...until Kvothe. In THE WISE MAN’S FEAR, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.
43 pages, 26 editions
English edition · First published 2011 by Brilliance Audio · ISBN 9781423389392
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Editions
26 editions
English
- The Wise Man’s Fear · Brilliance Audio · 2011 · ISBN 9781423389392 · 1 reader This page
- The Wise Man's Fear · Gollancz · 2023 · ISBN 9781399619219
- The Wise Man's Fear · Gollancz · 2018 · ISBN 9781473223721
- The Wise Man's Fear · Gollancz · 2015 · ISBN 9781473214644
- The Wise Man's Fear (Plus Bonus Digital Copy of the Name of the Wind) (Kingkiller Chronicle) · Brilliance Audio · 2015 · ISBN 9781501272080
- The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle) · Brilliance Audio · 2014 · ISBN 9781491512623
- The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle) · Brilliance Audio · 2013 · ISBN 9781469259277
- The Wise Man's Fear (KingKiller Chronicles) · Brilliance Audio · 2013 · ISBN 9781469259260
- The Wise Man's Fear · Gollancz · 2012 · ISBN 9780575081437
- The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle) · Brilliance Audio · 2012 · ISBN 9781455863860
- The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle) · Brilliance Audio · 2012 · ISBN 9781469203836
- The Wise Man's Fear · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 2012 · ISBN 9780575117938
- The Wise Man's Fear · Gollancz · 2011 · ISBN 9780575081413
- The Wise Man's Fear · Random House Publishing Services · 2011 · ISBN 9781101486405
- The Wise Man's Fear · DAW Books · 2011 · ISBN 9780756407124
- The Wise Man's Fear: Library Edition (KingKiller Chronicles) · Brilliance Audio · 2011 · ISBN 9781423389415
- The Wise Man's Fear (KingKiller Chronicles) · Brilliance Audio · 2011 · ISBN 9781423389385
- The Wise Man's Fear · DAW Books · 2011 · ISBN 9780756404734
- The Wise Man's Fear · 2011 · ISBN 9781611066562
- The Wise Man's Fear · Gollancz · 2011 · ISBN 9780575088078
- The Wise Man's Fear (KingKiller Chronicles) · Brilliance Audio · 2011 · ISBN 9781423389408
- The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle Day Two · DAW Books · 2011 · ISBN 9780756407308
- The Wise Man's Fear · Gollancz · 2011 · ISBN 9780575099562
- The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle : Day Two · Daw Books · 2011 · ISBN 9780756407919
- The Wise Man's Fear · Gollancz · 2011 · ISBN 9780575081420
- Wise Man's Fear · ISBN 9781455801886
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