She is published in English in the US, UK and Australia, and her works have been widely translated. Robin Hobb is a New York Times best-selling fantasy author. This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. The two women share a deep kinship with the dragons: Thymara can instinctively communicate with them, and Alise, captivated by their beauty and majesty, has devoted her life to studying them.Įmbarking on an arduous journey that holds no promise of return, the band of humans and dragons must make their way along the toxic and inhospitable Rain Wild River-an extraordinary odyssey that will teach them lessons about themselves and one another, as they experience hardships, betrayals, and joys beyond their wildest dreams. Among them is Thymara, an unschooled forest girl of sixteen, and Alise, a wealthy Trader's wife trapped in a loveless marriage, who attaches herself to the expedition as a dragon expert. To ensure their safe passage, the Traders recruit a disparate group of young people to care for the damaged creatures and escort them to their new home. To avert catastrophe, the dragons decree a move even farther up the treacherous river to Kelsingra, their ancient, mythical homeland whose mysterious location is locked deep within the dragons' uncertain ancestral memories. The Trader leadership fears that if it stops providing for the young dragons, the hungry and neglected creatures will rampage-or die along the river's acidic muddy banks. The few who survive cannot use their wings earthbound, they are powerless to hunt and vulnerable to human predators willing to kill them for the fabled healing powers of dragon flesh.īut Tintaglia has vanished and the Traders are weary of the labor and expense of tending useless dragons. But too much time has passed, and the newly hatched dragons are damaged and weak, and many die. In return, the Traders promised to help her serpents migrate up the Rain Wild River after a long exile at sea-to find a safe haven and, Tintaglia hopes, to restore her species. But they could not have staved off invasion without the powerful dragon Tintaglia. In this enthralling new novel, she returns to the territory of her beloved Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies with a story of dragons and humans, return and rebirth, and the search for meaning, belonging, and home.įor years, the Trader cities valiantly battled their enemies, the Chalcedeans. One of the most gifted fantasy authors writing today, New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb has dazzled readers with brilliantly imaginative, emotionally resonant, and compulsively readable tales set in far-flung realms not unlike our own. To be a dragon keeper is a dangerous job: their charges are vicious and unpredictable, and there are many unknown perils on the journey to a city which may not even exist…Įnter the spellbinding world of dragons. But Kelsingra appears on no maps and they cannot get there on their own: a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them. The dragons claim an ancestral memory of a fabled Elderling city far upriver: perhaps there the dragons will find their true home. Soon, they become a danger and a burden to the Rain Wilders: something must be done. Stunted and deformed, they cannot fly some seem witless and bestial. Leftrin, captain of the liveship Tarman, also has an interest in the hatching as does Bingtown newlywed, Alise Finbok, who has made it her life's work to study all there is to know of dragons.īut the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. Like everyone else, Thymara is fascinated by the return of dragons: it is as if they symbolise the return of hope to their war-torn world. But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. Born with black claws and other aberrations, she should have been exposed at birth. People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. With its acid waters and impenetrable forest, it is a hard place for any to survive. Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wilds River, the first to make the perilous journey to the cocooning grounds in generations. Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in this fantastic adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. ‘Fantasy as it ought to be written’ George R.R.
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