Book guide
The Name of the Wind
A legendary innkeeper reveals the extraordinary, dangerous life that turned him into Kvothe the notorious magician, thief, and assassin.
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About The Name of the Wind
‘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. My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me.’ So begins the tale of Kvothe - currently known as Kote, the unassuming innkeeper - from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, through his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages you will come to know Kvothe the notorious magician, the accomplished thief, the masterful musician, the dragon-slayer, the legend-hunter, the lover, the thief and the infamous assassin.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
The Kingkiller Chronicle · Book 1 of 3
Content warnings
- Death of parent
- Death
- Violence
- Murder
- Injury
- Blood
- Poverty
- Abandonment
- Sexual harassment
- Sexual assault
- Bullying
- Drug abuse
- Fire injury
