Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Vol. 1) Review
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This book is the first book in a duology (followed by "Dragon Haven") where we pick up on the salvaged serpents from Hobbs' Liveships Trilogy. I recommend that you read those first; however, strictly speaking, it's not necessary as these books stand alone. The action takes place in the Rain Wilds, where conditions are harsh, and give rise to mutations such as scaling and claws in humans who are affected by the ambient magic left by dragons and Elderlings from centuries before.
Dragons hatch out of the cocoons made by the serpents who spent too long at sea; it's also the wrong time of year, and they seemed to have lost many of their tribal memories in the process. So, what hatches is a sickly, stunted, weak bunch of creatures--more pitiful than majestic. Unable to hunt they need human assistance just to stay alive.
A group of scaled "marked" humans teens are assembled to partner with the dragons to help them thrive, and eventually they are encouraged to move them upstream. Other humans in the group are: a scholarly woman in a loveless marriage; her escort--who's secretly her husband's lover and has an agenda of his own; and the barge captain, leading the group up the Rain Wilds River, who also has secrets.
Robin Hobb creates plausible scenarios and interesting character interactions as always. Her strength seems to lie in the interior development of the characters--every one of them seems real and to have real weight. Some find her writing slow, perhaps due to this facet of her writing, but this is what I love about her fiction. Highly recommended!
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Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Vol. 1) Overview
Enter the spellbinding world of dragons . . . and those who tend them
One of the most gifted fantasy authors writing today, New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb has dazzled readers with brilliantly imaginative, emotionally resonant, and compulsively readable tales set in far-flung realms not unlike our own. In this enthralling new novel, she returns to the territory of her beloved Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies with a story of dragons and humans, return and rebirth, and the search for meaning, belonging, and home.
For years, the Trader cities valiantly battled their enemies, the Chalcedeans. But they could not have staved off invasion without the powerful dragon Tintaglia. In return, the Traders promised to help her serpents migrate up the Rain Wild River after a long exile at sea—to find a safe haven and, Tintaglia hopes, to restore her species. But too much time has passed, and the newly hatched dragons are damaged and weak, and many die. The few who survive cannot use their wings; earthbound, they are powerless to hunt and vulnerable to human predators willing to kill them for the fabled healing powers of dragon flesh.
But Tintaglia has vanished and the Traders are weary of the labor and expense of tending useless dragons. The Trader leadership fears that if it stops providing for the young dragons, the hungry and neglected creatures will rampage—or die along the river's acidic muddy banks. To avert catastrophe, the dragons decree a move even farther up the treacherous river to Kelsingra, their ancient, mythical homeland whose mysterious location is locked deep within the dragons' uncertain ancestral memories.
To ensure their safe passage, the Traders recruit a disparate group of young people to care for the damaged creatures and escort them to their new home. Among them is Thymara, an unschooled forest girl of sixteen, and Alise, a wealthy Trader's wife trapped in a loveless marriage, who attaches herself to the expedition as a dragon expert. The two women share a deep kinship with the dragons: Thymara can instinctively communicate with them, and Alise, captivated by their beauty and majesty, has devoted her life to studying them.
Embarking on an arduous journey that holds no promise of return, the band of humans and dragons must make their way along the toxic and inhospitable Rain Wild River—an extraordinary odyssey that will teach them lessons about themselves and one another, as they experience hardships, betrayals, and joys beyond their wildest dreams.
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