The Name of the Wind

Description

The riveting first-person narrative of a young man who grows to be the most notorious magician his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime- ridden city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that transports readers into the body and mind of a wizard. It is a high-action novel written with a poet's hand, a powerful coming-of-age story of a magically gifted young man, told through his eyes: to read this book is to be the hero. Cover......Page 1 Copyright page......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 11 Map: The Four Corners of Civilization......Page 12 Prologue: A Silence of Three Parts......Page 15 01 A Place for Demons......Page 17 02 A Beautiful Day......Page 32 03 Wood and Word......Page 36 04 Halfway to Newarre......Page 48 05 Notes......Page 53 06 The Price of Remembering......Page 56 07 Of Beginnings and the Names of Things......Page 63 08 Thieves, Heretics, and Whores......Page 68 09 Riding in the Wagon with Ben......Page 79 10 Alar and Several Stones......Page 84 11 The Binding of Iron......Page 87 12 Puzzle Pieces Fitting......Page 94 13 Interlude—Flesh with Blood Beneath......Page 104 14 The Name of the Wind......Page 110 15 Distractions and Farewells......Page 119 16 Hope......Page 125 17 Interlude—Autumn......Page 134 18 Roads to Safe Places......Page 137 19 Fingers and Strings......Page 141 20 Bloody Hands Into Stinging Fists......Page 145 21 Basement, Bread and Bucket......Page 153 22 A Time for Demons......Page 157 23 The Burning Wheel......Page 167 24 Shadows Themselves......Page 180 25 Interlude—Eager for Reasons......Page 182 26 Lanre Turned......Page 184 27 His Eyes Unveiled......Page 198 28 Tehlu's Watchful Eye......Page 201 29 The Doors of My Mind......Page 207 30 The Broken Binding......Page 210 31 The Nature of Nobility......Page 213 32 Coppers, Cobblers and Crowds......Page 219 33 A Sea of Stars......Page 227 34 Yet to Learn......Page 232 35 A Parting of Ways......Page 236 36 Less Talents......Page 239 37 Bright-Eyed......Page 252 38 Sympathy in the Mains......Page 262 39 Enough Rope......Page 270 40 On the Horns......Page 275 41 Friend's Blood......Page 286 42 Bloodless......Page 292 43 The Flickering Way......Page 297 44 The Burning Glass......Page 310 45 Interlude—Some Tavern Tale......Page 317 46 The Ever-Changing Wind......Page 319 47 Barbs......Page 330 48 Interlude—A Silence of a Different Kind......Page 333 49 The Nature of Wild Things......Page 336 50 Negotiations......Page 339 51 Tar and Tin......Page 348 52 Burning......Page 353 53 Slow Circles......Page 364 54 A Place to Burn......Page 370 55 Flame and Thunder......Page 385 56 Patrons, Maids and Metheglin......Page 386 57 Interlude—The Parts that Form Us......Page 396 58 Names for Beginning......Page 400 59 All This Knowing......Page 409 60 Fortune......Page 410 61 Jackass, Jackass......Page 422 62 Leaves......Page 432 63 Walking and Talking......Page 442 64 Nine in the Fire......Page 446 65 Spark......Page 452 66 Volatile......Page 460 67 A Matter of Hands......Page 468 68 The Ever-Changing Wind......Page 473 69 Wind or Women's Fancy......Page 483 70 Signs......Page 497 71 Strange Attraction......Page 506 72 Borrorill......Page 520 73 Pegs......Page 540 74 Waystone......Page 552 75 Interlude—Obedience......Page 559 76 The Mating Habits of the Common Draccus......Page 560 77 Bluffs......Page 563 78 Poison......Page 580 79 Sweet Talk......Page 584 80 Touching Iron......Page 592 81 Pride......Page 601 82 Ash and Elm.........Page 602 83 Return......Page 612 84 A Sudden Storm......Page 614 85 Hands Against Me......Page 622 86 The Fire Itself......Page 627 87 Winter......Page 632 88 Interlude—Looking......Page 637 89 A Pleasant Afternoon......Page 655 90 Half-Built Houses......Page 656 91 Worthy of Pursuit......Page 664 92 The Music that Plays......Page 668 Epilogue: A Silence of Three Parts......Page 676