Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy 2 and the Farseer Trilogy): Book 2

Fitz dreams of Red-Ship Raiders sacking a coastal village | leaving not a single man | woman or child alive. Tortured by this terrible vision he returns to the Six Duchies court where all is far from well. King Shrewd has been struck down by a mysterious illness and King-in-waiting | Verity | spends all his time attempting to conjure storms to confuse and destroy the Red-Ship Raiders and when he leaves on an insane mission to seek out the mystical Elderings | Fitz is left alone and friendless but for the wolf Night eyes and the King's Fool with his cryptic prophesies.