City of Dragons
The Rain Wild Chronicles (Book 3)
- Author Robin Hobb
- Narrator Saskia Butler
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 23 April 2012
- Run Time 12 hours and 59 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Adventure fiction, Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, Fantasy romance, Fiction: special features, Historical fantasy, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Speculative fiction, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales.
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What to expect
Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the third instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy.
Kelsingra awaits for those brave enough to enter…
The dragons and their keepers have discovered Kelsingra but so far only Heeby has succeeded in flying over the river to enter the fabled city. The other dragons, with their deformed wings and feeble muscles, are afraid to risk failure and humiliation.
But wondrous things await in Kelsingra, a city built for dragons and their Elderling keepers. Alise, overwhelmed by the treasures she finds there, records her finds for posterity. Once the rest of the world knows about the riches the city contains, nothing will ever be the same again.
Already, rumours of the city’s discovery have floated down the Rain Wild River and reached envious ears in Bingtown and beyond. Adventurers, pirates and fortune hunters are coming in droves to pillage what they can from the city. As is Hest Finbok, Alise’s husband…
Meanwhile, Selden Vestrit finds himself a prisoner of the ailing Duke of Chalced, who believes him to be some sort of dragon-man whose flesh and blood may work miracle cures.
Where is Tintaglia, the great sapphire-blue dragon, when all have such need of her? Has she really abandoned her beloved Selden and the fledgling dragons forever? Or will she too return to seek the wonders of Kelsingra?
Critics Review
‘In today’s crowded fantasy market Robin Hobb’s books are like diamonds in a sea of zircons’ George R. R. Martin
n'Hobb is superb, spinning wonderful characters and plots from pure imagination' Conn Iggulden
n'Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers… what makes her novels as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics' The Times
n'Hobb is a remarkable storyteller' Guardian
n'Robin Hobb writes achingly well' SFX
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| Author | Robin Hobb |
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| Narrator | Saskia Butler |
| Series | The Rain Wild Chronicles |
| Duration | 12 hours and 59 minutes |
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| ISBN | 9780007466610 |
| Format | x-book® |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Genre | Adventure fiction, Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, Fantasy romance, Fiction: special features, Historical fantasy, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Speculative fiction, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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