Robin Hobb

The Profile

Robin Hobb is the primary pen name of American author Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, known for the Farseer books and character-focused epic fantasy.

Writes under the pseudonyms Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm; Assassin's Apprentice is part of the Farseer sequence. Common themes include loneliness, marginalization, and the linked magic systems known as the Wit and the Skill.

A strongly positive, character-focused reading of Assassin's Apprentice. The review emphasizes loneliness, marginalization, and the novel's two linked magic systems (the Wit and the Skill). Clear praise for Hobb's descriptive clarity and emotional identification with the protagonist Fitz.