The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One) (Daw Book Collectors No. 1396)

New York: Daw Books, Inc, 2017. 10th Anniversary Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x2x9. Weber, Sam; Dos Santos, Dan; Taylor, Nathan. Reprint of 10th anniversary edition. Brand new from publisher. 2017 Hard Cover. xx, 729 pp. 8vo. This 10th anniversary edition includes more than 50 pages of new material, including editor's and author's notes, 21 illustrations by Dan Dos Santos, new world maps by Nathan Taylor, an afterword by Jo Walton, and illustrated appendices on the history, currencies, and calendar of the Four Corners of Civilization, along with a full pronunciation guide to names, places and terms by Ellen B. Wright and Amanda Hoerter. Author's first novel, for which he won the Quill Award. The second book in The Kingkiller Chronicles, The Wise Man's Fear, made it to the top of the bestsellers list, and inspired a tabletop game called Tak. Rothfuss is known in the tabletop gaming community for his appearances on Penny Arcade, Critical Role, and Tabletop. "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. A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard.