Cette saga de fantasy épique suit le voyage ardu d'un personnage cherchant sa place dans un monde en proie aux intrigues et aux périls. Soyez témoin de son passage à l'âge adulte et de la formation de son identité alors qu'il est entraîné dans des luttes de pouvoir et des conflits anciens. La série mêle magistralement le drame personnel à de grands éléments de fantasy, explorant des thèmes tels que le destin, la loyauté et le sacrifice. C'est un récit captivant sur la manière de surmonter l'adversité et de découvrir la vérité dans un royaume complexe.
When Prince Dutiful disappears, is it only because he is nervous about his betrothal ceremony, or has he been taken hostage by the Witted? As the situation worsens, Queen Kettricken summons Fitz to track the young prince down than another gifted with the Wit? This is the first in a new trilogy.
The second in the thrilling fantasy series returning readers to the Six Duchies and the magical world of the Farseers, from the author of the bestselling Assassin's Apprentice.
A small and sadly untried coterie - the old assassin Chade, the serving-boy Thick, Prince Dutiful, and his reluctant Skillmaster, Fitz - sail towards the distant island Aslevjal. There they must fufil the Narcheska's challenges: to lay the head of the dragon Icefyre, whom legends tell is buried there deep beneath the ice, upon her hearth. Only then can their marriage proceed, and put an end to war between the two kingdoms. -- back cover