3 Book Set of the Kingkiller Chronicle Series (the Name of the Wind, Wise Man's Fear and the Slow Regard of Silent Things)2015

The Name of the Wind (Book 1, 2007): This debut novel introduces Kvothe, a man who is now an infamous adventurer, musician, and magic-user, living under an assumed name as an innkeeper. The majority of the book is a first-person flashback as Kvothe begins to recount his extraordinary youth to a chronicler. The narrative covers his childhood in a traveling troupe of players, his time as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, and his audacious entrance into a legendary school of magic (the University) to seek answers about the supernatural beings (the Chandrian) who murdered his family. The Wise Man's Fear (Book 2, 2011): The story continues with Kvothe's narrative on the second day. An escalating rivalry with a wealthy, powerful noble at the University forces him to leave and seek his...