Perhaps you have heard of me... of Kvothe, the gifted son of traveling performers. He finds his troupe's camp devastated, his mother and father dead - "they simply sang the wrong songs." But who are these Chandrian, the gleaming, stealthy murderers of his family? To track them down, Kvothe risks everything. He lives as a street boy in the port city of Tarbean until he is accepted into the Arcanum, the university of high magic. From the name spell that nearly cost him his life as a child, Kvothe hopes to gain the power to uncover the secret of the legendary demons.

At the heart of this reading adventure is a great magician and passionate scholar, a musician whose songs bring tears to the eyes of listeners... and a shy lover.

With "The Name of the Wind," Patrick Rothfuss presents the first part of the Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy, which has been enthusiastically received by critics and fantasy readers in the USA and soon claimed a top spot on the New York Times Bestseller list. Bestselling author Terry Brooks writes: "The Name of the Wind marks the debut of an author we should keep an eye on."

In 2007, Patrick Rothfuss was awarded the Quill Award and the Publishers Weekly Award for Best Fantasy Book of the Year for his novel "The Name of the Wind.".