黠谋国王死在了亲生儿子帝尊的手中，蜚滋亦然——至少他的敌人和朋友对此深信不疑。，他靠自身的野兽魔法和盟友的帮助死而复生，但心灵却留下严重创伤。
痛苦的记忆促使蜚滋下定决心抛弃对王国的责任与义务，进行一项个人秘密任务——铲除帝尊。然而，这个计划却使他坠入精技狂潮和原智魔法 的深渊里，令其伤痕累累。惟真王子透过精技得知了蜚滋的艰难处境，便利用精技在蜚滋心中烙下不可抗拒的指令，让其前往群山寻找他，共同完成召唤古灵的任务……
帝尊将公鹿堡劫掠一空，并遗弃王国首都迁居内陆；红船劫匪仍旧大肆劫掠。六大公国命悬一线。蜚滋和惟真能否及时唤醒古灵，拯救家园于灾难之中？
本书由万墨轩图书策划编辑，上海社会科学院出版社出版发行。

FitzChivalry Farseer is back at work as apprentice to master assassin Chade, but the master is nearing the end of his life. Nor is that the young assassin's only problem. The rescued Prince Dutiful isn't living up to his name and in his dereliction threatens to disclose his secret and scandalous possession of beast magic. Moreover, Farseer's wolf bondmate, Nighteyes, is dead, and the valuable companionship of the Fool (formerly known as the Tawny Man) is threatened not only by the Fool's own quirks of character but also by a number of deadly secrets he holds.

Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the third instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. Kelsingra awaits for those brave enough to enter...The dragons and their keepers have discovered Kelsingra but so far only Heeby has succeeded in flying over the river to enter the fabled city. The other dragons, with their deformed wings and feeble muscles, are afraid to risk failure and humiliation. But wondrous things await in Kelsingra, a city built for dragons and their Elderling keepers. Alise, overwhelmed by the treasures she finds there, records her finds for posterity. Once the rest of the world knows about the riches the city contains, nothing will ever be the same again. Already, rumours of the city's discovery have floated down the Rain Wild River and reached envious ears in Bingtown and beyond. Adventurers, pirates and fortune hunters are coming in droves to pillage what they can from the city. As is Hest Finbok, Alise's husband...Meanwhile, Selden Vestrit finds himself a prisoner of the ailing Duke of Chalced, who believes him to be some sort of dragon-man whose flesh and blood may work miracle cures. Where is Tintaglia, the great sapphire-blue dragon, when all have such need of her? Has she really abandoned her beloved Selden and the fledgling dragons forever? Or will she too return to seek the wonders of Kelsingra?

十五年來，瞻遠家的王室私生子蜚滋駿騎過著自我放逐的生活，而關愛著他的人，大都認為他已經死了。不過一切即將改觀，因為命運又再度找上門來。
瞻遠王位的年輕傳人，也就是晉責王子，突然消失不見，而蜚滋駿騎乃是唯一同時具有精技能力與野獸魔法，並能夠及時在王子的訂婚大典之前，將王子救回來的人。
蜚滋重新回到公鹿公國，也重拾過去那不可告人的身份，與已化身為俊美黃金大人的弄臣，一同進行搭救王子的任務。但是，就連蜚滋也沒有想到，眼前的局勢有多凶險，而他對於王后的忠誠、對於友伴的忠誠，以及他對於原智者同胞的忠誠，會受到多大的考驗……

一個不情不願的冒險英雄，由於對王室的效忠，
不得不將自己一步步推向犧牲、救贖與背叛密謀。
自喪失親密伴侶之後，難以平復的孤寂一直籠罩著蜚滋駿騎‧瞻遠。
他定居公鹿堡，重拾刺客身分，強忍著悲傷，竭力為王室效忠。
在難以忍受的孤獨與痛苦之中，幸好還有昔日好友弄臣--也就是現在的黃金大人為伴。
然而，在某個祕密揭發之後，卻連這點友情也不堪一擊地化為烏有。
在缺乏奧援，且身陷密謀之中，蜚滋最大的挑戰無他，只要能保存性命就不錯了。

Return to the world of the Liveship Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the second installment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy.

Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in this standalone adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wilds River, the first to make the perilous journey to the cocooning grounds in generations. Many have died along the way. With its acid waters and impenetrable forest, it is a hard place for any to survive. People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. One such is Thymara. Born with black claws and other aberrations, she should have been exposed at birth. But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. Like everyone else, Thymara is fascinated by the return of dragons: it is as if they symbolise the return of hope to their war-torn world. Leftrin, captain of the liveship Tarman, also has an interest in the hatching; as does Bingtown newlywed, Alise Finbok, who has made it her life's work to study all there is to know of dragons. But the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. Stunted and deformed, they cannot fly; some seem witless and bestial. Soon, they become a danger and a burden to the Rain Wilders: something must be done. The dragons claim an ancestral memory of a fabled Elderling city far upriver: perhaps there the dragons will find their true home. But Kelsingra appears on no maps and they cannot get there on their own: a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them. To be a dragon keeper is a dangerous job: their charges are vicious and unpredictable, and there are many unknown perils on the journey to a city which may not even exist...

再多文字也無法描述「刺客後傳」最終結局撼動人心之處……
「刺客後傳」最刺激、最感人的完結篇，蜚滋將面臨友情、親情、忠誠的嚴酷考驗！
蜚滋與弄臣的命運至此已是生死一線間，他們會扭轉預言，或是順應天意？
蜚滋駿騎如今身兼刺客、間諜與精技師傅的多重身分，安穩地藏匿在公鹿堡的宮廷之中，
然而在人們眼中，他只是侍衛湯姆‧獾毛，如此而已。
為了履行對外島貴主的承諾，他與切德、阿憨，一起襄助王子出門遠征。
在這旅程中，交雜著必須解開的謎題、異文化的衝突，以及不可避免的背叛--
因為弄臣已預言自己將死於那寒冰之島，
為了拯救一生摯友，蜚滋不得不使計將他留在公鹿堡中。
然而，命運的安排，豈是這麼容易就能夠避開？

The triumphant conclusion to the magnificent Liveship Traders series. The dragon, Tintaglia, has been released from her wizardwood coffin, only to find that the glories of her kingdom have passed into ancient memory. Meanwhile, Malta Vestrit navigates the acid flow of the Rain Wild River in a decomposing boat, accompanied by the Satrap Cosgo and his Companion Kekki. Against hope, a ship appears in the alien waters, but does it mean rescue, or a further nightmare, for Malta? In ruined Bingtown, the citizens are at war, against the Chalcedean mercenaries besieging the harbour, and also among themselves. If the city is to survive, Ronica Vestrit must unite all its peoples -- both Trader and Tattooed -- and liberate the city once and for all; but Companion Serilla has a different agenda, and is seeking to establish her own power base. Althea and Brashen are finally at sea together, sailing the liveship Paragon into pirate waters in a last-ditch effort to rescue the Vestrit family liveship, Vivacia, stolen by the Pirate king, Kennit; but there is mutiny brewing in their rag-tag crew; and in the mind of the mad ship itself!Wintrow has liberated She Who Remembers and she can at last fulfil her ancient purpose, but in doing so he has been terribly injured. If Wintrow dies, Kennit fears that Vivacia will lose her fragile sanity: a loss that will also threaten his dreams of power and glory. So he strikes a deal with the ship. And soon the waters around the Vivacia are seething with giant serpents, following the liveship as it sails to its destiny. Majestic and sweeping, Ship of Destiny concludes the tale of the Vestrit family and their part in the history of The Liveship Traders with a soaring and triumphant finale to this unique series of epic fantasy.

《萨满桥》是罗苹·荷布《士兵之子》系列的第一部，是传统的奇幻小说，描述一个孩童自幼年至成长为士兵的经历。
二十多年来，杰尼亚不断向内陆扩张，从原始住民手中夺取领土，并将“国王之路”一直修到了住着神秘斯斑克人的壁垒山脉前。新增的广袤领土为杰尼亚王国造就了许多新晋贵族，却也引发了新旧贵族之间的权利争斗。
年轻的纳瓦尔是新贵族布维勒领主家的次子。在这个信奉善神的国度杰尼亚里，按照圣经所述，次子生来就该持剑入伍，成为一名士兵。纳瓦尔认同并且乐于接受命运对自己的安排。
某日，布维勒领主请了一位奇多纳人德瓦拉作为纳瓦尔的教师，来传授那些只有从“敌人”这才能学到的东西。在一系列艰苦的课程之后，纳瓦尔逐渐习惯了原始却自足的游牧生存方式，并且获得了一个成为真正“奇多纳人”的机会：德瓦拉用神秘的仪式将纳瓦尔带入了一个奇妙的异世界，在那里，纳瓦尔只要穿过重重阻碍，杀死阻断灵魂之桥的敌人，就能够获得古神的认可。纳瓦尔成功来到终点处的斯斑克树女面前，却不慎从桥上摔落，求生的本能让他向女巫求助，而代价则是成为阻止敌人毁灭斯斑克族的武器。
成年后的纳瓦尔来到位于首都旧塔尔斯的军事学院进修，和一班新贵族的士兵次子一起饱受旧贵族子嗣的歧视和不公平待遇。在暗夜节的狂欢节上，纳瓦尔体内潜藏的另一个自我意识终于浮现出来，用“沙尘之舞”将可怕的瘟疫带到军事学院和旧塔尔斯，撒播下了毁灭的种子……

蜚滋协助惟真王子成功召唤古灵、拯救六大公国之后，决意再次归隐田园。然而，在众人皆以为他死去的十五年后，皇家刺客的命运却再次找上门来……
订婚大典在即，晋责王子却离奇失踪。珂翠肯王后遂命已是顾问大臣的切德，请求蜚滋再次出山，返回六大公国，并赶在订婚大典前于暗中找回失踪的晋责王子。故友弄臣以黄金大人的身份返回公鹿堡，与蜚滋一同完成寻回王子的任务。两人命运之间的神秘关系也在执行任务的过程中渐渐显露……
弄臣究竟是什么人？他与蜚滋之间又有什么样的特殊关系？返回故土的蜚滋，又将如何面对痛苦的往昔以及风雨飘摇的未来？

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Fitz is a royal bastard, cast out into the world with only his magical link with animals for solace and companionship.
But when Fitz is adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and learn a new life: weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly. Meanwhile, raiders ravage the coasts, leaving the people Forged and soulless. As Fitz grows towards manhood, he will have to face his first terrifying mission, a task that poses as much a risk to himself as it does to his target: Fitz is a threat to the throne… but he may also be the key to the future of the kingdom.

Cover illustration by John Howe

Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships--rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. The fortunes of one of Bingtown's oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia.
For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy unjustly denied her--a legacy she will risk anything to reclaim. For Althea's young nephew Wintrow, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard ship, Vivacia is a life sentence.
But the fate of the Vestrit family--and the ship--may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider. The ruthless pirate Kennit seeks a way to seize power over all the denizens of the Pirate Isles...and the first step of his plan requires him to capture his own liveship and bend it to his will....

King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As is Fitz--or so his enemies and friends believe. But with the help of his allies and his beast magic, he emerges from the grave, deeply scarred in body and soul. The kingdom also teeters toward ruin: Regal has plundered and abandoned the capital, while the rightful heir, Prince Verity, is lost to his mad quest--perhaps to death. Only Verity's return--or the heir his princess carries--can save the Six Duchies.

But Fitz will not wait. Driven by loss and bitter memories, he undertakes a quest: to kill Regal. The journey casts him into deep waters, as he discovers wild currents of magic within him--currents that will either drown him or make him something more than he was.

Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the second instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. The dragon keepers and the fledgling dragons are forging a passage up the treacherous Rain Wild River. They are in search of the mythical Elderling city of Kelsingra, and are accompanied by the liveship Tarman, its captain, Leftrin, and a group of hunters who must search the forests for game with which to keep the dragons fed. With them are Alise, who has escaped her cold marriage to the cruel libertine Hest Finbok in order to continue her study of dragons, and Hest's amanuensis, Bingtown dandy, Sedric. Rivalries and romances are already threatening to disrupt the band of explorers: but external forces may prove to be even more dangerous. Chalcedean merchants are keen to lay hands on dragon blood and organs to turn them to medicines and profit. Their traitor has infiltrated the expeditionand will stop at nothing to obtain the coveted body parts. And then there are the Rain Wilds themselves: mysterious, unstable and ever perilous, its mighty river running with acid, its jungle impenetrable and its waterways uncharted. Will the expedition reach their destination unscathed? Does the city of Kelsingra even exist? Only one thing is certain: the journey will leave none of the dragons nor their human companions unchanged by the experience.

公鹿公國皇室血脈，瞻遠家族的私生子，蜚滋駿騎--現在的他，只是一個平凡的粗人湯姆‧獾毛。為了對皇室的忠誠與昔日故友的承諾，他不得不重拾皇家刺客的身份，為瞻遠家族效命。
經歷幾次性命交關的兇險、與古靈又一次差點丟了性命的接觸，眼看任務的目標即將達成，回返公鹿堡指日可待。然而，命運從不放過他--
蜚滋駿騎失去了最親密的夥伴，在他已然傷痕累累的身軀與心上，又劃下更深更痛的一刀。
在極致的寂寞與痛苦中，他卻只能選擇活下去，只因為一句對友伴的承諾……

《士兵之子》英国版
The second book in the brand new trilogy from the author of the "Tawny Man" trilogy, following on from the bestselling "Shaman's Crossing". The King's Cavalla Academy has been ravaged by the Speck plague. The disease has decimated the ranks of both cadets and instructors, and even the survivors remain sickly. Many have been forced to relinquish their military ambitions and return to their families to face lives of dependency and disappointment. As the Academy infirmary empties, Cadet Nevare Burvelle also prepares to journey home, to attend his brother Rosse's wedding. Far from being a broken man, Nevare is hale and hearty after his convalescence. He has defeated his nemesis, Tree Woman and freed himself of the Speck magic that infected him and attempted to turn him against his own people. A bright future awaits him as a commissioned officer betrothed to a beautiful young noblewoman. Yet his nights are still haunted by dreams of the voluptuous Tree Woman, dreams in which his Speck self betrays everything he holds dear in his waking life. Has the plague infected him in ways far more mysterious than the merely physical? Despite his fears, Nevare will journey back to Widevale in high spirits, in full expectation of a jubilant homecoming and a tender reunion with his beautiful fiancee, Carsina. But his life is about to take a shocking turn, as the magic in his blood roars to life and forces him to recognize that his most dangerous enemy, an enemy that seeks to destroy all he loves, might dwell within him.

《魔法活船》英国版
Gripping first instalment of a new series from the author of The Farseer Trilogy. Wizardwood -- a sentient wood. The most precious commodity in the world. Like many other legendary wares, it comes only from the Rain River Wilds. But how can one trade with the Rain River Traders when only a liveship, fashioned from wizardwood, can negotiate the perilous waters of the Rain River? A liveship is a difficult ship to come by. Rare and valuable, it will quicken only when three family members, from succesive generations, have died on board. The liveship Vivacia is about to undergo her quickening, as Althea Vestrit's father is carried to her deck in his death-throes. Althea waits with awe and anticipation for the ship that she loves more than anything in the world to awaken. Only to find that her family has other plans for her...And dark, charming Kennit, aspiring pirate king, also lusts after such a ship: he well knows the power of wizardwood, and has plans of his own...

The prestigious King's Cavalla of Gernia has been ravaged by the Speck plague. The deadly disease has decimated the ranks of both cadets and instructors, and the few survivors remain weak and frail. Many have been forced to relinquish their military ambitions and will return to their families to face lives of dependency and disappointment.
As the academy infirmary empties, cadet Nevare Burvelle also prepares to journey home. But far from being a broken man, Nevare has made an astonishing robust recovery from the Speck plague. Furthermore, while in the grip of the plague, he defeated his Speck nemesis, freeing himself, he believes, from the Speck magic that infected him. As he begins the journey to his ancestral home of Widevale, he is in high spirits, expecting a jubilant homecoming, a tender reunion with his beautiful fiancee, Carsina, and a bright future as a commissioned officer.
Yet back in the shelter of his family, Nevare finds his nights still haunted by visions of his Speck self betraying everything he holds dear in his waking life, and his days tormented by a rare side effect of the Speck plague that shames his family - and repulses Carsina. Though he expected to slip back into his family fold effortlessly, Nevare finds himself instead caught between the sensual, enchanting realm of the Specks and his own ancestry, the world he has always known.
And then the magic in Nevare's blood - magic that he thought he had destroyed - roars to life, and he realizes that his most dangerous enemy, an enemy that seeks to destroy all he loves, might dwell within him.