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Dragon Keeper
- The Rain Wild Chronicles, Book 1
- Narrated by: Saskia Butler
- Length: 17 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary
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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- nought
- 24-05-19
Dragons
Wonderfully written story,extremely detailed description of
The world of dragons and the people
Who live with them, looking forward next book to see
Where they are heading
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- gavin wood
- 20-07-15
Great start to the Chronicles
Would you consider the audio edition of Dragon Keeper to be better than the print version?
excellent pace, intriguing characters and love the personalities of the main protagonists
What was one of the most memorable moments of Dragon Keeper?
When Thymara first encounters sintara
Which character – as performed by Saskia Butler – was your favourite?
Captain leftren
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
the treatment of Alise after she was married
Any additional comments?
the rest of the books are equally as good!
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- Rowena
- 27-09-19
wont be sorry
always a good read, you wont be sorry you bought it. the the dragons my not be dragons you know. but time will tell if they will be more.
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- gkashpttcz
- 27-10-23
Superb narrator
Good gripping story. Love the narrator, she does an amazing job. Too bad rather next book is narrated by someone else
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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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