Patrick Rothfuss arrived at BookPeople as a fantasy writer; the creator of the legend of Kvothe, the Kingkiller, whose narration forms the award-winning Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy. By the time he left, he was a legend himself.
We knew we were in for a treat when a last-minute trip enabled Pat to swing by the store while he was in town to learn how to breathe fire. (Yes, you read that correctly.) We built a fortress out of his books around the info desk, made sure all of our staff that are also fans (hint: there are…er…quite a few of us) were working that night, and battened down the hatches. The blockbuster Kingkiller series, of which two out of three books have been written, turned Pat into a superstar in the realm of high fantasy, and we were right to expect a doozy.
Our night started…
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