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London: Gollancz, 2007. First Edition. 661pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: NEAR FINE.Small push to the top of the spine. Scattered foxing and spotting throughout. Faint pencil marking on free endpaper. The inside wrapper has some spotting. The author's first novel and the beginning of the Kingkiller Chronicles and Finalist for the Quills Award in the category of Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror. "The originality of Rothfuss's outstanding debut fantasy, the first of a trilogy, lies less in its unnamed imaginary world than in its precise execution. As absorbing on a second reading as it is on the first, this is the type of assured, rich first novel most writers can only dream of producing. The fantasy world has a new star." Publisher s Weekly.

The book is a first-person narrative that tells the fictional autobiography of a talented young man named Kvothe. It covers his early life, schooling, and his quest to uncover the truth behind the mysterious death of his parents.