L'Assassin Royal (graphic novels)

L'Assassin Royal is a series of 10 graphic novels based on the Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb. They were published by the French Soleil Productions from 2008 to 2016. Each part is about 47 pages long. In November 2010 the Dutch publisher Luitingh started translating the series under the title Boeken van de Zieners. The Dutch translation is by Mat Schifferstein. As of January 2020, no English translation exists.

There is also an ongoing adaptation of the Liveship Traders trilogy by Soleil titled Les Aventuriers de la Mer.

Creative team

Writers: Jean-Charles Gaudin (parts 1-6) and Jean-Luc Clerjeaud (parts 6-10)
Illustrator: Laurent Sieurac (parts 1-2) and Christophe Picaud (parts 3-10)
Colourist: Fabien Alquier (parts 1-5 and 7), Alexis Sentenac (part 6) and François Cerminaro (parts 8-10)
Cover art: Didier Graffet (parts 1-3), Jean-Sébastien Rossbach (parts 4-5), Miguel Coimbra (part 6), Laura Csajagi (parts 7 & 9-10), unknown (part 8)

French Covers

1 Le Bâtard
2 L'art
3 Kettricken
4 Molly
5 Complot
6 Oeil-de-nuit
7 Gué-de-Négoce
8 Asterie Chant-d'Oiseau
9 Retrouvailles
10 Vérité le Dragon

Dutch Covers

1 De bastaard
2 Het Vermogen
3 Kettricken
4 Molly
5 De samenzwering
6 Nachtogen
7 Oversteek
8 Spreeuw
9 Weerzien

Volumes

Part 1: L'Assassin Royal: Le Bâtard First hardcover edition in French by Soleil the 24th of September 2008, ISBN 9782302002999. A slight error has been reported in the first printing: pages 12 and 13 have switched places.

Dutch translation De bastaard by Luitingh in November 2010 with ISBN 9789024591459.

Part 2: L'Assassin Royal: L'art First hardcover edition in French by Soleil the 25th of March 2009, ISBN 9782302004788.

Dutch translation Het Vermogen by Luitingh in February 2011 with ISBN 9789024573189.

Part 3: L'Assassin Royal: Kettricken First hardcover edition by Soleil the 25th of March 2009, ISBN 9782302008885. This is the first volume illustrated by Christophe Picaud.

Dutch translation Kettricken by Luitingh in June 2011 with ISBN 9789024533381.

Part 4: L'Assassin Royal: Molly First hardcover edition by Soleil the 22nd of September 2010, ISBN 9782302012356.

Dutch translation Molly by Luitingh in November 2011 with ISBN 9789024539208.

Part 5: L'Assassin Royal: Complot First hardcover edition by Soleil the 21st of September 2011, ISBN 9782302018242.

Dutch translation De samenzwering by Luitingh in September 2012 with ISBN 9789024552740.

Part 6: L'Assassin Royal: Oeil-de-nuit First hardcover edition by Soleil the 19th September 2012, ISBN 9782302023550. Co-written by Jean-Charles Gaudin and Jean-Luc Clerjeaud.

Dutch translation Nachtogen by Luitingh in April 2013 with ISBN 9789024561155.

Part 7: L'Assassin Royal: Gué-de-Négoce First hardcover edition by Soleil the 30th of October 2013, ISBN 9782302030800. This is the first volume written by Jean-Luc Clerjeaud alone.

Dutch translation Oversteek in June 2014 with ISBN 9789024564279

Part 8: L'Assassin Royal : Asterie Chant-d'Oiseau First hardcover edition by Soleil the 3rd of September 2014, ISBN 9782302042346.

Dutch translation Spreeuw in May 2015 with ISBN 9789024567645.

Part 9: L'Assassin Royal : Retrouvailles First hardcover edition by Soleil the 23rd of September 2015, ISBN 9782302047631.

Dutch translation Weerzien in January 2016 with ISBN 9789024571215.

Part 10: L'Assassin Royal : Vérité le Dragon First hardcover edition by Soleil the 7th of September 2016, ISBN 9782302053632.

Dutch translation information still to come.

Omnibus editions

L'Assassin royal : Coffret 3 volumes : Tome 1, Le Bâtard ; Tome 2, L'Art ; Tome 3, Kettricken. A paperback edition in December 2009 by Soleil with ISBN 9782302008946.
L'assassin royal (T01 à T03) the 24th of August 2011 with ISBN 9782302018525.
Intégrale L'assassin royal T01 à T04 the 25 th of April 2012 with ISBN 9782302020931.
Assassin Royal Intégrale 2 - T5 à T7 the 2nd of November 2016 with ISBN 9782302052246.