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Violence
Some
Some violence typical of the series' fantasy adventure; deaths occur
Language
Barely any
Mild language; clean for epic fantasy
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal; Fitz's emotional life does not involve sexual content in this volume
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Extremely psychologically rich: grief, longing, the cost of a life half-lived, and the weight of obligations to people you love — Hobb's great theme
What this book is about
FitzChivalry Farseer has spent fifteen years in anonymous retirement, raising a wolf and the young boy Hap, when the Fool arrives to call him back into service. The first Tawny Man novel reunites Hobb's beloved protagonists in a quieter, sadder register than the Farseer trilogy, before plunging them back into political and magical complexity. Deeply psychological and emotionally rich.
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