The Wise Man’s Fear Paperback 2012 Fantasy

In the second book of The Kingkiller Chronicle, Patrick Rothfuss continues the spellbinding tale of Kvothe, the gifted young man destined to become a legend. Picking up where The Name of the Wind left off, Kvothe ventures beyond the University and into a world filled with wonder, danger, and hidden knowledge.

His journey takes him through royal courts, where political intrigue could cost him his life; into the company of the mysterious and alluring Felurian, who no mortal man has ever survived; and across dangerous lands where he learns the art of war, music, love, and magic in equal measure.

A story of ambition, love, loss, and survival, The Wise Man’s Fear expands Kvothe’s epic journey, deepening the mysteries of his past and foreshadowing the legend he is fated to become.