The second book (after Ship of Magic) in Hobbs's Liveship Traders trilogy solidifies the series's promise as a major work of high fantasy, reading like a cross between Tolkein and Patrick O'Brian.

The Farseer Trilogy by Megan Lindholm writing as Robin Hobb is an introspective but epic fantasy, following the early life of FitzChivalry Farseer, illegitimate son of a prince and melancholy hero, ...

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Last night Game Of Thrones creator George RR Martin and fellow fantasy author Robin Hobb were at London’s Freemasons’ Hall to discuss their work, the writing process and their other shared passion: ...

If you had a dragon, would you worry about how to provide it with a good, protein-rich diet? Would you feel stressed when it took too long to learn to fly? The misfit teens who tend the newly hatched ...

answers the phone, and you're not sure how to address her. Her given name is Margaret Lindholm, and she's published 10 novels as More recently and more prominently, she's made a new name for herself ...

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In a pleasant rural manor house, at an unspecified moment in the distant past of a different world, a middle-aged man and his wife are enjoying a hard-earned retirement. The anguished turbulence of ...

The last that faithful readers saw of FitzChivalry Farseer, Robin Hobb's bastard prince, assassin and resolute melancholic, he was, he told us, "content". Freed from the political machinations of ...

The author’s best selling fantasy books tackle complex topics like slavery, gender and sexual violence, in a magical world full of plotting pirates and forgotten dragons. By Pauline Bock Robin Hobb is ...