The Name of the Wind

by Patrick Rothfuss

Daw, 662 pp, $24.95

This is a debut novel.

Kvothe has had many names: flame, thunderer, king killer, for a few… but he has crammed a lot of living in his short life. “You may have heard of me” begins the tale . And what a tale. Beginning in a childhood in a troupe of traveling player, years as a near-feral child to his brazen successful bid to study at the difficult and dangerous school of magic, you will meet the magician, the thief, the master musician, and this is only the beginning.

The Name of the Wind, Is the quintessential Fantasy, winding truth and magic into the finest storytelling this reviewer has seen in years and thankfully, there is more to come. It stirs the heart, and imagination with beautiful drawn characters and a magical world. I found myself literally unable to put it down till the last page and wanting more. We have a new Author bringing a whole new level of fantasy. This a gotta-have-it book. - Pam Allan