Submitted by Jeremy Yoder  (May 18, 2003)I stumbled across Fool's Errand by accident and enjoyed the novel so much that I sought out the Farseer books and started to read them.
Fifteen years after the Red Ship Wars, The Fool seeks out Fitz Farseer, who is living in self-imposed exile, and enlists him to find Prince Duitiful, who has disappeared just before his betrothal ceremony for an arranged marriage.
Hobb creates a complex, engaging world filled with believable characters. The Witted for instance, are unjustly persecuted for their ability to communicate with animals, but at the same time, the Piebalds use this persecution as an excuse to grab power. Things are not always as they seem in the Six Duchies, and I appreciate that good and evil are not always immediately apparent.
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