Fool's Errand (novel)

Fool's Errand is a fantasy novel by American writer Robin Hobb, the first in her Tawny Man Trilogy. It commences 15 years after the events in Assassin's Quest, a period covered by The Liveship Traders Trilogy (Ship of Magic, The Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny); it resumes the story of FitzChivalry Farseer after he has wandered the world and finally settled to a quiet, cottage-dwelling life with his adopted son Hap.

Fool's Errand
Illustration by John Howe
AuthorRobin Hobb
IllustratorJohn Howe
LanguageEnglish
SeriesTawny Man Trilogy
GenreFantasy
PublisherVoyager/Harpercollins
Publication date
15 October 2001
Media typePrint (Hardback)
ISBN0002247267
OCLC47665323
Followed byThe Golden Fool 

Plot summary

Fifteen years have passed since the end of the Red Ship War with the terrifying Outislanders. Since then, Fitz has wandered the world accompanied only by his wolf and Wit-partner, Nighteyes, finally settling in a tiny cottage as isolated from the Farseers and Buckkeep politics as possible.

Starling finds him soon after he settles down in the cottage and visits him often. On one of her visits she brings him a young orphaned boy, named Hap, that Fitz raises as well as he is able.

The Fool finds him and convinces him that he is needed. The young prince Dutiful has gone missing just before his crucial diplomatic wedding to an Outislander princess. Fitz's assignment to fetch Dutiful back in time for the ceremony seems very much like a fool's errand, but the dangers ahead could signal the end of the Farseer reign.

Editions
  • A British English paperback edition was issued in London by Voyager/Harpercollins in 2001 with ISBN 0-00-224726-7.[1]
  • An American English paperback edition was issued in New York by Bantam Books in 2002 with ISBN 0-553-58244-5.
  • A British paperback edition was issued in London by Voyager/Harpercollins in 2002 with ISBN 0-00-648601-0.
gollark: But it wouldn't be a war crime if it was a peace crime, would it? CHECKMATE, ATHEISTS!
gollark: One must wonder what else it would be.
gollark: You can always use a fake name which isn't *obviously* fake.
gollark: As far as I'm aware the basic principle is just that a force is exerted on current-carrying wires in magnetic fields because the fields interact or something.
gollark: For the first one, the half life is 30 years and the time is 90 years. So it's 3 half lives (90/30) so its mass halves 3 times, so the mass at the end is 1\*(1/2)\*(1/2)\*(1/2)=1\*(1/2)³=0.125.

References
  1. www.fantasticfiction.co.uk


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