The Name of the Wind

by Patrick Rothfuss · 2007

Told in Kvothe's own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen. The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature. Rich with music, magic, and mystery, The Name of the Wind is a high-action story written with a poet's hand, transporting readers into the body and mind of a wizard on a quest for knowledge, truth, and vengeance.