Patrick

"Not a word of the nearly-700-page book is wasted. Rothfuss does not pad. He's the great new fantasy writer we've been waiting for, and this is an astonishing book."
-Orson Scott Card
"THE NAME OF THE WIND marks the debut of a writer we would all do well to watch. Patrick Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous."
-Terry Brooks,
"A fascinating read, with plenty of well-drawn characters and unique information on the arcane."
-Anne McCaffrey
"Hail Patrick Rothfuss! A new giant is striding the land. THE NAME OF THE WIND is an astonishing novel that just happens to be the writer's first. The bestsellers' lists and the award ballots are beckoning toward Rothfuss, and readers will be clamoring for more of the riveting life story of Kvothe. Bravo, I say! Bravo!"
-Robert J. Sawyer,
Hugo Award-winning author of ROLLBACK
"Patrick Rothfuss gives us a fabulous debut, standing firmly on the main stage of the fantasy genre and needing no warm-up act. Jordan and Goodkind must be looking nervously over their shoulders!"
-Kevin J. Anderson,
New York Times bestselling coauthor of HUNTERS OF DUNE
"THE NAME OF THE WIND has everything fantasy readers like, magic and mysteries and ancient evil, but it's also humorous and terrifying and completely believable. As with all the very best books in our field, it's not the fantasy trappings (wonderful as they are) that make this novel so good, but what the author has to say about true, common things, about ambition and failure, art, love, and loss."
-Tad Williams,
New York Times bestselling author of MEMORY, SORROW AND THORN, OTHERLAND, and SHADOWMARCH
"THE NAME OF THE WIND is a rare find these days, fit for lovers of fantasy and newcomers to the genre alike. It fires the imagination and stirs the heart. In Pat Rothfuss's sure hands, the reader will experience a journey to the very heights of fantasy. I for one never wanted to come back down."
-Sean Williams,
New York Times bestselling author of THE BLOOD DEBT
"This is an exciting and intelligent fantasy debut. Rothfuss clearly knows exactly what he's doing. Once I was started reading, I didn't want to put THE NAME OF THE WIND down, and when I did I kept thinking about the world and the characters and worrying about what was going to happen to them."
-Jo Walton,
World Fantasy Award Winner of Tooth and Claw
"This is a story about stories -- myths and legends and tavern tales, and the lies we tell ourselves in the silence of the night -- and the scary truths behind those stories. It's the story of Kvothe, a man who sought the truth of a legend and, in the process, became a legend himself. Kvothe himself is as vibrant and real a hero as you could want: brave and shy, wise and ignorant, humble and arrogant, sometimes all at the same time. THE NAME OF THE WIND is a tale told with warmth and sadness and quite a bit of humor, a Harry Potter for grownups. Come and meet Kvothe -- you'll be glad you did."
-David Levine,
Hugo Award Winner.