Dragon Keeper
Volume One of the Rain Wilds Chronicles
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4.1 • 53 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
“Robin Hobb is one of our very best fantasy writers.”
New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson
With Dragon Keeper, Robin Hobb, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling “master fantasist” (Baltimore Sun), begins a breathtaking new series about the resurgence of dragons in a world that both needs and fears them—the world Hobb’s readers most recently visited in her immensely popular “Tawny Man” trilogy. Volume One of the Rain Wilds Chronicles, Dragon Keeper is yet another magnificent adventure from the author of The Soldier Son and Farseer Trilogies, confirming the Contra Costa Times of California’s assessment of Hobb as “one of the most important writers in 21st century fantasy.”
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Here be dragons but debilitated, deformed, damaged dragons, hatched too soon, sick and starving, into a world that has mostly forgotten them. The first of Hobb's Rain Wild Chronicles, an absorbing extension of her Liveship and Tawny Man trilogies, introduces 15 young dragons who struggle to survive with the grudging help of mutant Rain Wilders. Eventually driven out by the Traders Council, the hatchlings decide to seek Kelsingra, their ancient home. Caught up by the dragons' plight and longing to escape unhappy families and the stifling Rain Wild culture, self-taught dragon scholar Alise Kincannon and teenage tree-dwelling mutant Thymara volunteer to accompany them on the quest, with the help of magnetic liveship captain Leftrin and a host of colorful characters. Hobb's meticulously realized fantasy tale is a welcome addition to contemporary dragon lore.
Customer Reviews
Dragon Keeper
My wife and I have read several trilogies by Robin Hobb including the Farseer Trilogies, Mad Ship, Forest Mage trilogy and more. When we finished the first three trilogies starting with Assassin's Apprentice, my wife wept openly because we were so connected to the characters and really cared for them. Dragon Keeper, although very interesting, was not quite as moving as the books in the first three trilogies. Having said that, I found it interesting enough to continue on to Dragon Haven.
Robin's imagination is phenomenal. The characters are in depths that are revealed in little, bite-sized pieces that slowly let you develop opinions about them, then suddenly change your mind, then Chang it back again.
I'm looking forward to my continued reading.