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Dragon Haven
The Rain Wild Chronicles (Related to this series)
- Author
- Robin Hobb
- Narrator
- Jacqui Crago
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 4 March 2010
- Run Time
- 21 hours 12 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Historical fantasy, Speculative fiction, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: love / relationships
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the second instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy.
The dragon keepers and the fledgling dragons are forging a passage up the treacherous Rain Wild River. They are in search of the mythical Elderling city of Kelsingra, and are accompanied by the liveship Tarman, its captain, Leftrin, and a group of hunters who must search the forests for game with which to keep the dragons fed. With them are Alise, who has escaped her cold marriage to the cruel libertine Hest Finbok in order to continue her study of dragons, and Hest's amanuensis, Bingtown dandy, Sedric.
Rivalries and romances are already threatening to disrupt the band of explorers: but external forces may prove to be even more dangerous. Chalcedean merchants are keen to lay hands on dragon blood and organs to turn them to medicines and profit. Their traitor has infiltrated the expeditionand will stop at nothing to obtain the coveted body parts. And then there are the Rain Wilds themselves: mysterious, unstable and ever perilous, its mighty river running with acid, its jungle impenetrable and its waterways uncharted.
Will the expedition reach their destination unscathed? Does the city of Kelsingra even exist? Only one thing is certain: the journey will leave none of the dragons nor their human companions unchanged by the experience.
Critics Review
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Praise for Robin Hobb:
'Hobb is superb, spinning wonderful characters and plots from pure imagination.'
Conn Iggulden'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'Hobb is a remarkable storyteller.'
Guardian
'Robin Hobb writes achingly well'
SFXPraise for The Liveship Traders series:
'Even better than the Assassin books. I didn't think that was possible'
George R R Martin
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 4.0
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5.0 4.0
Love these books, they'll never not be enthralling! Although it took a while to adjust to the different narrators change of accents for characters from the last book, I still enjoyed the narration. Would note that there are some irritating changes in volume and editing slip ups that could easily be fixed. Aside from that, it lived up to my expectation of a Robin Hobb!
ehwood 2023-05-10
Details
- Author
- Robin Hobb
- Narrator
- Jacqui Crago
- Duration
- 21 hours 12 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 March 2010
- ISBN
- 9780007356898
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Epic fantasy / high fantasy, Historical fantasy, Speculative fiction, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction, Narrative theme: journeys and voyages, Narrative theme: love / relationships
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 4.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the second instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. The dragon keepers and the fledgling dragons are forging a passage up the treacherous Rain Wild River. They are in search of the mythical Elderling city of Kelsingra, and are accompanied by the liveship Tarman, its captain, Leftrin, and a group of hunters who must search the forests for game with which to keep the dragons fed. With them are Alise, who has escaped her cold marriage to the cruel libertine Hest Finbok in order to continue her study of dragons, and Hest's amanuensis, Bingtown dandy, Sedric. Rivalries and romances are already threatening to disrupt the band of explorers: but external forces may prove to be even more dangerous. Chalcedean merchants are keen to lay hands on dragon blood and organs to turn them to medicines and profit. Their traitor has infiltrated the expeditionand will stop at nothing to obtain the coveted body parts. And then there are the Rain Wilds themselves: mysterious, unstable and ever perilous, its mighty river running with acid, its jungle impenetrable and its waterways uncharted. Will the expedition reach their destination unscathed? Does the city of Kelsingra even exist? Only one thing is certain: the journey will leave none of the dragons nor their human companions unchanged by the experience.
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