The Name of the Wind -- Patrick Rothfuss, Hardcover

Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss' epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle.

"I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss." --Lin-Manuel Miranda - "He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy." --George R. R. Martin - "Rothfuss has real talent." --Terry Brooks

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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.

Praise for The Kingkiller Chronicle:

"The best epic fantasy I read last year.... He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy."
--George R. R. Martin, New York Times-bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire

"Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous."
--Terry Brooks, New York Times-bestselling author of Shannara

It is a rare and great pleasure to find a fantasist writing...with true music in the words.
--Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning author of Earthsea

The characters are real and the magic is true."
--Robin Hobb, New York Times-bestselling author of Assassin's Apprentice

Masterful.... There is a beauty to Pat's writing that defies description.
--Brandon Sanderson, New York Times-bestselling author of Mistborn

Author: Patrick Rothfuss
Publisher: Daw Books
Published: 04/01/2007
Pages: 672
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 2.10d
ISBN: 9780756404079
Age Range: 18-UP

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 39
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 120994 / Name of the Wind

Award: Alex Awards - Winner
Award: Quill Awards - Winner
Award: Locus Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 01/01/2007 pg. 101
Publishers Weekly 01/29/2007 pg. 46
Booksense Picks 04/01/2007 pg. 1
Entertainment Weekly 04/20/2007 pg. 65
Booklist 04/15/2007 pg. 27
Romantic Times 04/01/2007 pg. 70 - Excellent
Kirkus Best Books 07/01/2007 pg. 6
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/05/2007 pg. 30

About the Author
Patrick Rothfuss is the bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicle. His first novel, The Name of the Wind, won the Quill Award and was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Its sequel, The Wise Man's Fear, debuted at #1 on The New York Times bestseller chart and won the David Gemmell Legend Award. His novels have appeared on NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Books list and Locus' Best 21st Century Fantasy Novels list. Pat lives in Wisconsin, where he brews mead, builds box forts with his children, and runs Worldbuilders, a book-centered charity that has raised more than six million dollars for Heifer International. He can be found at patrickrothfuss.com and on Twitter at @patrickrothfuss.