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[[Image:us-aq-original-hc.jpg|thumb|Original US cover for Assassin's Quest by [[Stephen Youll]].]]
[[Image:AssassinsQuest VOYharcover.jpg|thumb|Original UK cover for Assassin's Quest by [[John Howe]].]]
==Editions==
* A '''British English hardcover ''' edition was issued in London by Voyager/Harpercollins in March 1997 with ISBN 0002246082. Original price £16.99. The covers were illustrated by [[John Howe]].
* An '''American English hardcover ''' edition was issued in New York by Bantam Books in April 1997 with ISBN 0553106406. Original price $22.95. The covers were illustrated by [[Stephen Youll]]. This was the first US hardcover edition of any Robin Hobb book.
* A '''US trade paperback ''' from Dell with ISBN 0553378724 in 1997.
* A '''US paperback ''' edition in 1998 from Bantam Spectra with ISBN 0553565699. Covers by Stephen Youll. Under Hobb's name on the cover there's a line "author of x" that changes from "Royal Assassin " to "Ship of Magic " to "Fool's Fate " between printings.
* A '''UK paperback ''' edition in 1998 by HarperCollins/Voyager with ISBN 000648011X with covers by John Howe (later also ISBN 9780006480112). Reprint with the Jackie Morris dragon cover the 16 the of March 2008 with the same ISBN.
* A '''US paperback ''' edition in 2014 with cover art by Alejandro Colucci to match the US design of Fool's Assassin with ISBN 9780553565690.
* A '''UK paperback ''' reprint with the new Jackie Morris cover by Harper Voyager the 16th of January 2014 with ISBN 9780007562275.
* A '''US hardcover ''' edition by Subterranean Press in December 2016, with new cover art by John Howe. This is part of a reprint of the whole first trilogy and is available in three formats:
** Limited Edition Set of the whole trilogy, 500 signed numbered sets, bound in cloth, $180.00
** Lettered Edition Set, 26 signed leatherbound sets, housed in a custom traycase
** each volume of the trilogy sold individually, $60.00 each
* A '''UK slipcased hardcover ''' edition by Harper Voyager the 2nd of November 2017 with ISBN 9780008223281, to match the AA 20th anniversary edition.
* kindle an '''ebook''' edition by Harper Voyager the 1st of September 2011 with ASIN: B005JE1KLU.
* An '''unabridged audio book ''' edition by Tantor the 3rd of August 2010 with ISBN 9781400164363, narrated by [[Paul Boehmer]], length 39 hrs. * An '''unabridged audio book ''' edition by HarperCollins Publishers Limited the 30th of August 2012 with ASIN: B00943C87C, length 37 hours 39 minutes.
==Gallery==
'''For the covers of these translations, see [[Assassin's Quest cover gallery]].'''
* A '''Bulgarian ''' translation ''Тронът'' in 2001 by Бард, a paperback with ISBN13 9789545852763 and Stephen Youll cover art.
* A Chinese translation was published in two parts: first part in January 2004 and second part in February 2004. Translator Jiang Ai Ling.
* Another Chinese translation, * A Czech translation in four parts
*A Dutch translation ''De boeken van de Zieners: Vermogen en wijsheid'' from Meulenhoff 26th of November 1998 with ISBN 9029057122, hardcover, translation by Peter Cuijpers and cover art by John Howe. Reprinted 30th of April 1999 in trade paperback with ISBN 9029059680 and 25th of October 2000 with ISBN 9029068345 (M-pact edition). Republished in hardcover with new cover art in February 2011 by De Boekerij with ISBN 9789022553411.
* A Dutch boxset paperback edition of the Farseer trilogy, ''De Boeken van de Zieners - deel 1, 2 en 3'', from Luitingh-Sijthoff in November 2017 with the Alejandro Colucci cover art and ISBN 9789024579693.
* An Estonian translation ''Salamõrtsuka teekond'' in two parts from Varrak in hardcover, also available as ebooks:
* A third German translation ''Der Erbe der Schatten'' from Penhaligon Verlag the 11th of December 2017 (paperback & ebook) with ISBN 9783764531867. Translated by Eva Bauche-Eppers, cover art and design by Isabelle Hirtz?
*A Greek translation
* A Hebrew translation in 1998 by Astrolog, trade paperback
* A Serbian translation ''Kraljevi zmajevi'' in paperback by Laguna in 2009, with ISBN 9788652101580. Translated by Tatjana Bižić.
*A Slovenian translation ''Morilčeva pot'' by Gnostica in 2010 with ISBN 139789612291075
* A Spanish translation from La Factoría de Ideas in two parts in 2004, translated by Manuel de los Reyes
** ''La búsqueda del asesino''
** ''La senda del asesino'' ISBN 8498000688
+ other Spanish editions
* A Swedish translation in two parts by Natur och Kultur and translated by Ylva Spångberg.