The Name of the Wind
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—George R. R. Martin, New York Times-bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire
DAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND
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 a tale unequaled in fantasy literature—the story of
a hero told in his own voice. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a
tale of one man’s search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and
the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.