![]() ![]() 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.Īn Elderlings book that I’ve only given four stars to? I suspect this is largely because I have not yet become immersed in this world, and the number of different characters - some of whom are arrogant dragons - haven’t given me a hook to really be bought into this next section of the Elderlings series.ĭespite brief appearances by Malta Althea, Brashen and Paragon from the Liveship Traders series, this almost feels like a completely separate set of books. 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. However, the Dragonkeeper adventures are a wonderful sequel, and like another reviewer I can just hope that Robin Hobb can continue produce volumes at a great pace.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. ![]() #Books like dragon keeper chronicles series#If you haven't read any other books of Hobb in this series, I'd recommend reading at least the original Liveship series first, or better yet start with the adventures of Fitz the Farseer (Assassin's Apprentice). Rediscovering the world of Liveships is a great pleasure. The story is pleasantly paced, with plenty of invention that doesn't hinder suspension of disbelief. The characters are fairly straightforward but the protagonists are likable (where needed). Eventually, they start a quest - accompanied by a ragtag group of humans with burdens of their own - for the legendary Elderling city of Kelsingra. Unfortunately, it doesn't go quite as hoped for, and the resulting creatures are relatively weak and powerless. The story starts with the metamorphosis of sea serpents into dragons. ![]() It's the same world that contains Fitz' Six Duchies (see "Assassin's Apprentice", "Golden Fool", etc.), but that side is barely touched upon in these volumes: The Rain Wilds and, to a lesser extent, Bingtown are the center of the action (making for a simpler storyline than the Liveship series). Robin Hobb's new story takes place shortly after the Liveship adventures of Althea and her family (see "Ship of Destiny" et al.). ![]()
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