![]() ![]() But 16-year-old Thymara, her keeper, finds Sintara difficult. People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. Sintara, the blue dragon in Robin Hobbs Dragon Haven, second in the Rain Wilds Chronicles. 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. With its acid waters and noxious airs, it is a hard place for anyone to survive. 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. But no one knows if it even exists and no one expects the dragon keepers to return, or even survive Book information. Their target is the legendary Elderling city of Kelsingra. Soon, they become a danger and a burden to the Rain Wilders: something must be done. Thymara, a Rain Wilder born with scales and claws, answers the call to become one of the dragon keepers to accompany the creatures upriver. Stunted and deformed, they cannot fly some seem witless and bestial. She is the author of five critically acclaimed fantasy series: The Rain Wilds Chronicles (Dragon Keeper, Dragon Haven, City of Dragons, Blood of Dragons), The Soldier Son Trilogy, The Tawny Man Trilogy, The Liveship Traders Trilogy, and The Farseer Trilogy. But the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. 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. 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. New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. Robin Hobb is one of our very best fantasy writers. 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. Like everyone else, Thymara is fascinated by the return of dragons: it is as if they. 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. The Dragon Keeper, szerz: Robin Hobb, Kategria: Fantasy. Dragon Keeper returns fans to Hobb's best-loved world, full of dragons, magical ships and unforgettable characters. There are moments when thymara can feel the thoughts and feelings of not just sintara but other dragons too. ![]() The keepers are accompanied by Alise, who enters a marriage of convenience in order to. The first book in a two part series from one of the greatest writers in the fantasy genre. One of them is Thymara, a young Rain Wilder girl altered, like so many of her people, by the toxic landscape. ![]()
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