Assassin's Apprentice, Robin Hobb (2019 Illustrated Edition). Conceptual cover designs commissioned by Penguin Random House for the 25th anniversary edition: Born on the wrong side of the sheets, Fitz, son of Chivalry Farseer, is a royal bastard, cast out into the world, friendless and lonely. Only his magical link with animals (the old art known as the Wit) gives him solace and companionship. When Fitz is finally adopted into the royal household he must give up his old ways and embrace a new life of weaponry, scribing and courtly manners, as he trains to become a royal assassin.
