Patrick ROTHFUSS : The lightning tree - The kingkiller chronicles #0.5

The Lightning Tree is a companion short story in The Kingkiller Chronicle series. It was first published on 2014 in the anthology Rogues. It centers around Bast, Kvothe's... assistant.

 

 

It's a short story that was published in the anthology Rogues noted above, that I'll be buying later, but you can find it narrated by the author on Youtube :

 

 

which is where I listened to it. Patrick Rothfuss is a very talented narrator, by the way !

It can be read (or listened to) before reading The name of the wind, or after The wise man's fear, which I did. Bast is a very intriguing character, we don't know yet how Kvothe and him met, but we know that Bast is fae, a fae full of charm and glamour but also dangerous.

In this episode, he is his usual eager, charming self, used to manipulating people to get what he wants, yet he can show other, darker sides of his personality.

I had a very good time listening to this, it will help me take patience until book #3 is published, in 2068 I heard some say ! I gave it 5 stars because, as I do with the Murderbot, when I love, I don't do half measures.