The Name of the WindThe Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss
Penguin
662 pages
Read in 2008

"I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spend 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.
My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me"

The most notorious wizard the world has ever seen, famed dragon-slayer, feared swordsman, his tale is part myth, part hearsay, part wild speculation... but Kvothe himself has vanished, taking the truth behind the flamboyant rumours with him.
The world has settled without him, without a catalyst to bring change and innovation, into a quieter, darker, more dangerous place. But his story still lives. And, for the first time, Kvothe is going to tell it...