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A dragon keeper characters11/22/2023 ![]() ![]() In addition to writing, her interests include gardening, mushrooming, and beachcombing. Robin Hobb lives and works in Tacoma, Washington, and has been a professional writer for over 30 years. Robin Hobb is the author of three well-received fantasy trilogies: The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin’s Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin’s Quest), The Liveship Traders Trilogy (Ship of Magic, Mad Ship and Ship of Destiny) and the Tawny Man Trilogy (Fool’s Errand, Golden Fool, and Fool’s Fate) Her current work in progress is entitled Shaman’s Crossing. There's too many good ones out there waiting to be found. A 4 star means I'm probably in trouble with my editor for missing a deadline because I was reading this book. A 3 star means that I've ignored friends to finish it and my sink is full of dirty dishes. So a 2 star from me means,yes, I liked the book, and I'd loan it to a friend and it went everywhere in my jacket pocket or purse until I finished it. If a book is so-so, it ends up under the bed somewhere, or maybe under a stinky judo bag in the back of the van. It's a good book that survives the reading process with me. I LIKED it! That means I read the whole thing, to the last page, in spite of my life raining comets on me. ** I am shocked to find that some people think a 2 star 'I liked it' rating is a bad rating. 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. 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. Their traitor has infiltrated the expeditionand will stop at nothing to obtain the coveted body parts. Chalcedean merchants are keen to lay hands on dragon blood and organs to turn them to medicines and profit. Rivalries and romances are already threatening to disrupt the band of explorers: but external forces may prove to be even more dangerous. 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. 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. ![]() The dragon keepers and the fledgling dragons are forging a passage up the treacherous Rain Wild River. She travels a long journey towards the ocean and meets strangers along the way.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. Through a strange turn of events, involving Ping treating the remaining dragon better, the emperor visiting, as well as being able to hold responsibility for something(the dragon stone). This results in the death of one of the dragons and the dragon's body parts are pickled so it can be eaten. She do she takes the food of the dragons for herself and her rat Hua. Ping is a slave girl at the Huangling palace far to the west of the Han empire. She at first, knew nothing of her identity, and onlll be added) She is the true Dragonkeeper and had taken care of Long Danzi and Long Kai Duan. She was given as a servant to Master Lan, by her parents because they couldn't find enough money and food to keep her. She will be shunned, but she is the true Dragonkeeper. Ping's birth and role as a Dragonkeeper was actually foretold by a prophecy: In the second year of Empress Wu, a new Dragonkeeper will appear. ![]()
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