Fool’s Quest 
And while Robin Hobb introduces new names and new players, it is done in such a subtle way that like a fine tapestry, these new characters are like threads masterfully woven into place.
I have always liked Robin Hobb and find her world building prowess totally awesome. Yet somehow, in Fool’s Quest, there were areas that were dragging. I would have loved the story to move a little faster.
Flashbacks, which were used to tell the backstory which happened in the previous series, is good for those who just began reading about FitzChivalry Farseer. It provides a lot of information. But, though I am one of those, I still found the story dragging at times.
But, other than that, the story is great and once you get over that hump of flashbacks, it is smooth sailing for the rest of the story.
Fool’s Quest: Book II of the Fitz and the Fool trilogy
Ranking alongside George R. R. Martin as a groundbreaking master of fantasy, New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb delivers the second book in her long-awaited Fitz and the Fool trilogy.
The harrowing adventures of FitzChivalry Farseer and his enigmatic friend the Fool continue in Robin Hobb’s triumphant follow-up to Fool’s Assassin. But Fool’s Quest is more than just a sequel. With the artistry and imagination her fans have come to expect, Hobb builds masterfully on all that has gone before, revealing devastating secrets and shocking conspiracies that cast a dark shadow over the history of Fitz and his world—a shadow that now stretches to darken all future hope.
Long ago, Fitz and the Fool changed the world, bringing back the magic of dragons and securing both the Farseer succession and the stability of the kingdom. Or so they thought. But now the Fool is near death, maimed by mysterious pale-skinned figures whose plans for world domination hinge upon the powers the Fool may share with Fitz’s own daughter.
Distracted by the Fool’s perilous health, and swept up against his will in the intrigues of the royal court, Fitz lets down his guard . . . and in a horrible instant, his world is undone and his beloved daughter stolen away by those who would use her as they had once sought to use the Fool—as a weapon.
But FitzChivalry Farseer is not without weapons of his own. An ancient magic still lives in his veins. And though he may have let his skills as royal assassin diminish over the years, such things, once learned, are not so easily forgotten.
Now enemies and friends alike are about to learn that nothing is more dangerous than a man who has nothing left to lose.
