Michael Whelan: ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE (1995) Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28" X 20" Painted almost 3 decades ago, the cover for the first book of the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb remains a personal favorite. 1/3

ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE (1995) Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28" X 20" Painted almost 3 decades ago, the cover for the first book of the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb remains a personal favorite. 1/3

"Learning is never wrong. Even learning how to kill isn't wrong. Or right. It's just a thing to learn, a thing I can teach you. That's all." 2/3

Cover illustration for ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE by Robin Hobb (Bantam) 3/3 www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/as...

Oh wow you're here! Do you know that I happened to pick up this book, and several others from different authors, and realized only later that the thing they had in common was that you were the cover artist. Your work captured me back then as it still does now!

Thank you! I've heard that a time or two and it's a wonderful compliment. 😊

I don't remember if the cover painting on my copy wrapped around the spine, but if it did I never noticed the Fool's hand off on the left. An intriguing detail; glad I've finally seen it. (Have any of your cover paintings ever been cropped to your dissatisfaction?)

Yeah, I can point to a few. 😂

I wanna see the full wrap ... :(

Wish I had a proof that showed the wrap but here's a snapshot of the spine.

I owned that book with that cover

I am reading this book for the first time now, and this is the cover on my copy. At this point I have read so many books with your art on the cover!

It’s a good read. Hope you enjoy it!

TBH. I thought this was Scooby Doo.

Fair enough

Only for a second. 😅

I love your artwork! This is my favorite of all favorite series and this cover was part of why I picked up the book to begin with. So thank you!

😊🙏

I was like "wait i know this picture" and then i saw who posted this

😀🙌

This was one of the first Fantasy Books I bought for myself all those years ago. (Finnish edition had the same art) Really loved both the book and the Art!

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