The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One)
By Patrick Rothfuss
Read by Nick Podehl
Audio encoded at CBR 96 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono

A fantasy novel in unabridged audiobook format.


My name is Kvothe.

I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.

You may have heard of me.


The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One) is a fantasy novel by Patrick Rothfuss, the first book in a series called The Kingkiller Chronicle. It was published in 2007 by DAW Books with two possible hardcovers: one features the face of the Green Man with the title letters in silver and the other shows the figure of Kvothe with the letters printed in gold. A new cover was released in subsequent reprints, depicting a cloaked figure under a dark sky in a windy field.
Rothfuss spent 7 years writing The Name of the Wind during his nine year stint towards earning his B.A. in English. He drew inspiration from the range of college courses he explored, and from his personal interests & hobbies. A short story excerpted from the novel The Wise Man's Fear (sequel to The Name of the Wind),[1] "The Road to Levinshire", won the Writers of the Future contest in 2002, leading to the book's publication. The sequel, The Wise Man's Fear, was released on March 1, 2011 by DAW Books.