![]() ![]() ![]() The two that stand out for me are Alise and Thymara – but the whole cast are entertaining and once more, Hobbs gradually unwraps her plot with the deft skill we’ve all come to expect. The characters in Hobb’s stories are always strong and in this story we have several protagonists, all in third person viewpoint. So I started The Dragon Keeper with high expectations – and it did not disappoint. I, for one, was delighted when I realised that this book would pick up the adventures of the tangle of serpents as I’d found the whole storyline surrounding them and the liveships a really satisfying tale. Not only are they not expected to return – no one wants them back… To be a dragon keeper is a dangerous job their charges are vicious and unpredictable, and there are many unknown perils. But they cannot get there on their own a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them. ![]() In their dreams, they see visions of their lives there and long to return. Far upriver, so far it is shown on no map, lies the legendary Elderling city of Kelsingra – or so the dragons believe. Soon they are seen as a danger and a burden something must be done. Some do not even have wings others seem witless and bestial. 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.īut the creatures who emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. It is as if they symbolise the return of hope to their war-torn world. Like everyone else, Thymara is fascinated by the dragons’ return. But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. Born with black claws and other abnormalities, she should have been exposed at birth. People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. With its acid waters and noxious airs, it is a hard place for anyone to survive. The Tangle of serpents fought their way up the Rain Wild river, guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia. The great news for Robin Hobb fans is that The Dragon Keeper is revisiting the world of the Liveship traders – one of my all-time favourite fantasy worlds… ![]()
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