Dragon Keeper
The Rain Wild Chronicles, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Saskia Butler
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By:
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Robin Hobb
About this listen
Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in this standalone adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy.
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. Many have died along the way. With its acid waters and impenetrable forest, it is a hard place for any to survive.
People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. One such is Thymara. Born with black claws and other aberrations, she should have been exposed at birth. But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. 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. 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.
But the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. Stunted and deformed, they cannot fly; some seem witless and bestial. Soon, they become a danger and a burden to the Rain Wilders: something must be done. The dragons claim an ancestral memory of a fabled Elderling city far upriver: perhaps there the dragons will find their true home. 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.
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…
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- Tinu Cornish
- 02-01-21
Amazing
Amazing thoroughly loved it, such a fun epic adventure and a great feminist story, one of three woman looking to define their own lives.
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- 11thman
- 01-11-20
A disappointment
This felt like one long introduction. After enjoying the three previous trilogies I'm happy to stay with the next book to see where it goes but this was like Talking Head's version of heaven. Nothing ever happened.
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- Andrew Cochrane
- 27-04-19
It's like the author got bored and stopped
disappointed that story didn't continue liveship series and that was no ending. narrator good though
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- Maria
- 15-04-13
Excellent
Love robin hobb. This is a very good trilogy, I couldn't stop listening, it was an intriguing read
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- BERNADETTE HARDY
- 23-07-19
Dragon keeper
This was very powerful and the dragons enthralled me looking forward to the next book
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- Ariela
- 18-02-19
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a bit long and the plot moved to slow for my liking, but a good book anyway so.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-03-22
A new story
Got to say - the choice of narrator for this series seems to be a good one.
Story wise, it follows the live ship traders series - but a little behind the end of the tawny man series.
Looking forward to the next book
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- Helen Sproston
- 30-09-20
Getting acquainted with new people...
As first captivated by the characters from the Farseer Trilogy, it's always a bit of a wrench to be introduced to a whole new bunch of characters. Yet as a Hobb story, you know it's going to be a worthwhile endeavor. plus, as the saga progresses it's greatly gratifying to get those brief snippets of a look into the lives of previous characters you have come to love like we did again here.
I'm not wasting any time moving onto book two as that 'need' to find out what comes off them all is already back! 🤣😁🥰👍
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- Cheryl
- 04-01-11
dragon keeper
excellently woven story.well crafted characters whose motives for helping the dragons and themselves to further their own ambitions of fame and fortune. the dragons and the destiny that is vague to begin with and relies on faith leads them and their keepers on through the rain wilds.the dangers hopes and dreams of them all made this novel compelling cant wait to read the next book!
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- william
- 16-02-15
Loved it
I really enjoyed the story and the narration was much better than some of the other Robin Hood books. Mega
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