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| Title | : | The Dragon Keeper (The Rain Wild Chronicles #1) |
| Author | : | Robin Hobb |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 553 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 2009 by Voyager |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Dragons. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. High Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Adventure |
Robin Hobb
Hardcover | Pages: 553 pages Rating: 3.94 | 32373 Users | 1756 Reviews
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Too much time has passed since the powerful dragon Tintaglia helped the people of the Trader cities stave off an invasion of their enemies. The Traders have forgotten their promises, weary of the labor and expense of tending earthbound dragons who were hatched weak and deformed by a river turned toxic. If neglected, the creatures will rampage--or die--so it is decreed that they must move farther upriver toward Kelsingra, the mythical homeland whose location is locked deep within the dragons' uncertain ancestral memories. Thymara, an unschooled forest girl, and Alise, wife of an unloving and wealthy Trader, are among the disparate group entrusted with escorting the dragons to their new home. And on an extraordinary odyssey with no promise of return, many lessons will be learned--as dragons and tenders alike experience hardships, betrayals . . . and joys beyond their wildest imaginings.Present Books Toward The Dragon Keeper (The Rain Wild Chronicles #1)
| Original Title: | The Dragon Keeper |
| ISBN: | 0007273746 (ISBN13: 9780007273744) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Rain Wild Chronicles #1, Les cités des Anciens #1-2, Realm of the Elderlings #10 , more |
| Characters: | Thymara, Sintara/Skymore, Alise, Sedric, Tintaglia |
| Literary Awards: | David Gemmell Ravenheart Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Cover Art (2010), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2010) |
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Ratings: 3.94 From 32373 Users | 1756 ReviewsEvaluate About Books The Dragon Keeper (The Rain Wild Chronicles #1)
3.5/5 starsA good foundational start to a quartet but its also the weakest start within any of Hobb's series so far.Dragon Keeper is the first book in the Rain Wild Chronicles quartet, which also marks the beginning of the fourth out of five subseries within Hobbs The Realm of the Elderlings series. The entire storyline in this book took place in the Rain Wild section of the world and plot-wise, the first book has a very simple premise. The Dragon Keepers have to herd the dragons to find theirThree years ago, after reading the book one of the Fitz and the Fool series (Hobb's finale that somehow left me both content and wanting more Will there be more beyond that end? I continue to hope.), I had decided to fill in the gaps left open by reading The Liveship Traders Trilogy and this quartet of books called The Rain Wilds Chronicles. Well, I succeeded in only part of that goal by finishing the Liveship books, before being drawn back to Fitz's final plight. I'm not alone in doing so.
I'm glad to revisit the fantasy world created by Robin Hobb---one of the few true queens of fantasy not the fake ones---again and this journey takes us to the mysterious Rain Wild River and its forest, we travel upriver together with a bunch of Rain Wild misfits and a pack of deformed dragons in hope to discover the long-lost mystical city of dragons and the Elderlings. There hadn't been any dragon walking this world for centuries and neither the dragons and the humans know what to do with each
I grew up on a toxic waste dump. I realize that sounds melodramatic, but technically it's accurate. My childhood home was ringed by no fewer than five Superfund sites - and, as we like to say, those are just the spots they've cleaned. When I was a kid people weren't so concerned about the pollution. Arsenic was in the dust we kicked up on the playgrounds, on the berries we picked in the woods, in the small ponds where nothing lived and no birds ever stopped. The waterways were lined with gray
I'm back into The Realm of the Elderlings and I certainly missed it. I missed Robin Hobb's slow character building and detailed scenes. Dragon Keeper focuses our attention on the Rain Wilds and a few characters from Bingtown as well. Our first character is a debutante woman, named Alise, from Bingtown with a scholarly appreciation to learn more about the dragons and Elderlings. She is in a loveless marriage with a man, Hest, that is in a relationship with his male assistant, Sedric. In exchange
If I did't already have Robin Hobb in my blood I may not have loved this book. As it is, I do and I did. This is the continuation of the dragon's story that started in Live Ships. When I read Live Ships, the bit about the dragons was my least favourite part so I wasn't sure how much I would like Rain Wilds. Tintaglia kind of irritates me. Turns out, it was great to return to the Rain Wilds. And there are some amazing new characters and relationships to get sucked in to. It's a bit of a slow
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