Fitz is the bastard of the king Chivalry serving six duchies. He will be given up to the castle to its 6 years and we will follow the change. King Subtle his grandfather will protect him and give him an education. It will be his liege that is to say his handyman and solve some particular problem (hence the assassin royal title). We will follow the court intrigues, wars and betrayals. After a very good second volume but where it does not happen much, much ahead of the story here and Fitz will still be at the heart of events. It will become increasingly close to the King for Truth which it attaches great. Thanks to him it will integrated the sailors to go to war against the Pirates. He still goes in this volume show courage and endure lots of hardships, especially after the departure of Truth to look old who promised to help them get rid of the Pirates. The end is impressive, which means that the sequence will take a watershed I really wonder how the author is going to change history. It attaches to a lot of character, like Molly, Patience, Brodette, Burrich, the author manages to show us the defects and each of us love to do so. And we love to hate Royal ... I have only hastily return to the rest of the story. A story that you can not let go even in the heart of the night.