Books like the wise mans fear

The Wise Man's Fear, also calledThe Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two, is a fantasy novel written by American author Patrick Rothfuss and the second volume inThe Kingkiller Chronicle. It was published on March 1, 2011 by DAW Books. It is the sequel to 2007'sThe Name of the Wind.

On the second day of his recounting the story of his life to Chronicler at the Waystone Inn, Kvothe continues the narrative commenced inThe Name of the Wind, wherein a younger Kvothe pursues his education at the University. There, he carries on a feud with fellow student Ambrose, culminating in Ambrose getting him arrested on charges of Consortation with Demonic Powers, a capital crime, for having called the Name of the Wind. Despite successfully defending himself in court, Kvothe has guaranteed himself an extremely high term tuition due to the negative attention he has attracted to the darker aspects of the University. Kvothe follows the advice of his friends and teachers at the University and decides to take a term off. To postpone having to pay his debt to the loan shark Devi, he uses several of his more prized possessions as collateral.