In Dragon Haven, the journey begins in earnest. A group of very disparate misfits is chosen to be their keepers and to accompany them on a perilous journey that may have no real destination. As they grow, they become an increasing burden on local human society and it’s decided by the Rain Wild Councils to get rid of them by sending them to find the dragon city. They still partake of remnants of their ancestral memory, however, and they speak of the possibly mythical dragon city, Kelsingra, located at the head of the acidic Rain Wild River. ![]() In Dragon Keeper, with the aid of one of the remaining great dragons, Tintaglia, a last clutch of eggs manages to hatch, but the young dragons are weak and deformed – and they are unable to fly. In the first two books we encountered a world in which dragons had become a highly endangered species of large predator. City of Dragons was meant to complete the trilogy but it has also evolved into two books and its sequel, Blood of Dragons, will be published next year. ![]() ![]() Robin Hobb’s The Rain Wild Chronicles series began as a one-off novel, Dragon Keeper (2009), which was cut into two, producing Dragon Haven (2010) as well. The dragons and their attendants have found Kelsingra, but can they keep it?
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