Dragon Keeper - The Rain Wild Chronicles Book 1 (Paperback)
Robin Hobb (author)- 10+ in stock
Unparalleled storytelling from one of the greatest fantasy writers of our day, Dragon Keeper opens a four-part chronicle of the return of the mythical beasts to earth. Full of imaginative zeal, the novel follows the young dragon keeper Thymara on his urgent quest to safeguard both the imposing creatures and the society that has long since disavowed them.
The first book in a four part series from one of the greatest writers in the fantasy genre. DRAGON KEEPER returns fans to Hobb's best-loved world, full of dragons, magical ships and unforgettable characters.
Dragons have returned to the world . . .
Guided by the dragon Tintaglia, the serpents came from the sea to fight their way up the Rain Wild River to their ancestral hatching grounds.
But the fledglings that emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the dragons of old. Flightless and fractious, they soon become a danger to all and must be moved. Thymara, a Rain Wilder born with scales and claws, answers the call to become one of the dragon keepers to accompany the creatures upriver.
Their target is the legendary Elderling city of Kelsingra. But no one knows if it even exists; and no one expects the dragon keepers to return, or even survive...
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780008154394
Number of pages: 560
Weight: 350 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 36 mm
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