Our hero, Kvothe, takes a term off from the university and goes out to see the world. Since the well is poisoned against him to the point that he cannot find a patron to support him either as a student or a musician, a friend finds him work in a far country.
In the manner of high fantasy, he slays the dragon, cavorts with the faerie queen, and has any number of adventures. He even makes some progress on discovering the murderers of his family.
Excellently done, but depressing - is nothing ever going to work out for him?
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