Patrick Rothfuss est en train d’écrire une nouvelle dans l’univers du Tueur de roi, son cycle de fantasy. Comme sa précédente nouvelle La Musique du silence, cette histoire se déroulera également à Temerant et sera centrée sur un personnage secondaire. Ici, elle se basera sur Bast et s’appellera The Narrow Road Between Desires.
Le synopsis
The Narrow Road Between Desires is Bast’s story, told over the course of a single day as the charming fae schemes and sneaks, and dances into trouble and back out again with uncanny grace.
No one taller than the stone.
Come to blacktree, come alone.
Tell no adult what’s been said,
lest the lightning strike you dead.
When you come to the lightning tree to trade with Bast, your mortal money isn’t worth much. What holds true value are older things: secrets and favors. Buttons and flowers. Lies, tricks, riddles, stones, and whatever else your heart truly desires.
Follow the Kingkiller Chronicle’s most charming fae as he schemes and bargains his way through the small town of Newarre. While at first it seems that Bast must be master of this tiny domain, but while he cares nothing for the laws of man, there are older, deeper laws that bind him. And for all his cleverness, Bast finds himself trapped in ways he has never experienced before, and make hard choices and help an enemy.
Playful, sweet, and sly as Bast himself, The Narrow Road Between Desires is Bast’s story. In it he traces the old ways of making and breaking, following his heart even when doing so goes against his better judgement. For after all, what good is wisdom if it keeps you from finding your way to danger and delight?
Le livre sortira en VO et en hardback le 14 novembre prochain chez DAW Books and Gollancz du groupe Orion Publishing.
