Fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss, whose novel The Name of the Wind is a finalist for this year's Quill Awards, told SCI FI Wire that it is book one of a trilogy in which a fugitive hero tells his life story.

"But since the story is told from his point of view, you get the whole truth, warts and all," Rothfuss said in an interview. "It's a behind-the-scenes peek into the classic rise and fall of the hero: Sometimes he reveals the mundane roots of the fantastic stories that have sprung up around him, while other times we learn [that] the truth of this man's life is far stranger than any tavern tale could ever be."