US ARC provided by the publisher.ĪNALYSIS: Robin Hobb is one of my favorite authors, but of all her books, the Liveship Traders Trilogy is my least favorite, so I had mixed feelings about reading her newest effort, “ Dragon Keeper”, which continues from the end of that trilogy. The UK edition (see below) was published on Jvia HarperVoyager. Janumarks the North American Hardcover publication of “ Dragon Keeper” via EOS Books. Volume two, “ Dragon Haven”, is scheduled for publication in the UK/US in March/May 2010. Since The Rain Wilds Chronicles was written as a single book, but then split into two volumes, “ Dragon Keeper” ends abruptly. “ Dragon Keeper” is part one of The Rain Wilds Chronicles which continues the story from the end of the Liveship Traders Trilogy, but is a standalone tale. Narration is in the third person via Sintara, Thymara, Alise, Leftrin, and Sedric. Also includes a Cast of Characters and numerous one-page interludes that appear between each chapter in the form of messages between bird keepers. Jones, Lois McMaster Bujold, and of course, Robin Hobb.įORMAT/INFO: “ Dragon Keeper” is 496 pages long divided over seventeen titled chapters. Recommended for fans of Kate Elliott, Jacqueline Carey, J.V. Witnessed from the viewpoints of these individuals as well as the blue dragon queen Sintara, “ Dragon Keeper” tells the story of a disparate band of humans and dragons as they make their way along the toxic and inhospitable Rain Wild River in search of their new home-the ancient, long-lost city of Kelsingra.ĬLASSIFICATION: “ Dragon Keeper” is epic fantasy driven by comprehensive world-building and realistic characters. Among them are Thymara, a young Rain Wilds girl outcast because of her deformities Alise Kincarron Finbok, a wealthy and deeply unsatisfied Bingtown Trader’s wife who has made it her life's work to study all there is to know of dragons Sedric Meldar, Hest Finbok’s secretary and a friend of Alise’s since childhood and Leftrin, grizzled captain of the river barge Tarman. To avert catastrophe, the council rules to relocate the young dragons to a “better location” up river, and residents are recruited to escort the valuable yet fearsome creatures on the arduous journey. The Traders Council, the city’s leadership, fears that if the Rain Wilders stop providing for the young dragons, the hungry and neglected creatures will rampage and destroy Cassarick. Even so, tending these stunted dragons has left the people of the surrounding area weary. As a result, only a handful of the creatures have survived. But something is wrong with the creatures each is inferior or deformed in some way, unable to fly, and but a mere resemblance of the powerful, shining dragons of old. PLOT SUMMARY: After many years, dragons have hatched again outside the ancient city of Cassarick. Her short fiction has won the Asimov’s Readers’ Award and has been a finalist for both the Nebula and Hugo awards. She is also the author of Wizard and the Pigeons, The Windsingers, and Cloven Hooves, written under the name Megan Lindholm. Order “ Dragon Keeper” HERE (US) + HERE (UK)ĪUTHOR INFORMATION: Robin Hobb is the author of the Farseer, Liveship Traders, Tawny Man, and Soldier Son trilogies.
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