![]() ![]() She gets the job, of course, and she and the other herders, also misfits from the forest, begin to move up the dangerous river. Dragon herders are being hired to travel along with them, and Thymara's mother urges Thymara to apply. They also prove unable to fend for themselves, and the Rain Wilders have to hunt for them to keep them alive.īut food is scarce, and the Rain Wilders come up with a plan to move the dragons into their own lands. Something has gone wrong, though, and all the dragons emerge deformed in some way their wings are too stubby to fly, they have no tails, they are too small. One day Thymara goes with her father to see dragons hatch. She is tolerated at best, and it's clear she will never have a husband or gainful employment. The midwife exposed her at birth, as the custom of the forest demanded, but her tender-hearted father rescued her-much to the disgust of her mother. Thymara, who lives in the forest, was born with claws instead of nails. Down on the ground runs the Rain Wild River, which frightens the forest dwellers: "mildly acidic at the best of times after quakes, it sometimes turned a deathly gray-white, and when it ran that color, it could mean a man's death to fall into it" (pp. Many of the children there are different, born with scales edging their faces or down their spines, differences that grow greater over time. People live in a pathless forest, with houses high in the trees and footbridges connecting them instead of roads. It's a strange and fascinating place, far off the beaten track of your average fantasy, and Hobb does a good job of fleshing it out. All a reviewer can do, I suppose, is explain what they liked and what they didn't, what worked and what didn't, with the caveat that everything is subject to revision when the second book comes out.ĭragon Keeper takes place in Rain Wilds, a location Robin Hobb has visited before. The author has only enough time to show us the landscape and introduce the characters, and then suddenly we're waving goodbye and waiting for the next book. 36.The first volume of a series is famously difficult to review. But no one knows if it even exists and no one expects the dragon keepers to return, or even survive. Their target is the legendary Elderling city of Kelsingra. DRAGON KEEPER returns fans to Hobb's best-loved world, full of dragons, magical ships and unforgettable characters. 9780008154394 Dragon Keeper 36.9000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction /shop/books/fiction/science-fiction-fantasy /shop/books/fiction/general The first book in a four part series from one of the greatest writers in the fantasy genre. Thymara, a Rain Wilder born with scales and claws, answers the call to become one of the dragon keepers to accompany the creatures upriver. ![]() Flightless and fractious, they soon become a danger to all and must be moved. DRAGON KEEPER returns fans to Hobb's best-loved world, full of dragons, magical ships and unforgettable characters.īut the fledglings that emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the dragons of old. The first book in a four part series from one of the greatest writers in the fantasy genre. ![]() 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.īut the fledglings that emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the dragons of old. ![]()
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