(Book 1 of Farseer series)
Yawn. That sums up this book. I'll admit I was interested at first but then the story became so convoluted that I simply lost interest. Fitz (apparently another word for bastard) is given to the castle by his grandfather while his mother begs for her son to be returned to her. He is the son of the would-be-king, Prince Chivalry. Chivalry, instead of taking responsibility for his bastard son, abdicates from the throne and runs to the country with his wife. Fitz is left with Chivalry's stableman who raises him. King Shrewd, Fitz's paternal grandfather, has Fitz trained in the secret art of assassins to be used by him. It's really a very sad story with some action and a lot of unnecessary and tedious details. I'm not bothering with the rest of the series at all.
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