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Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, a group of unlikely guardians travel the treacherous Rain Wilds River, a place of acid waters and impenetrable forest, to reach the historic cocooning grounds. Along the way, they encounter Thymara, a young woman marked with black claws and other aberrations, and Alise Finbok, a devoted scholar of dragon lore aboard the liveship Tarman. The dragons that emerge are starkly different from the majestic beasts of old—stunted, deformed, and often dangerous—yet they carry an ancestral memory of a legendary Elderling city upriver. With no maps showing Kelsingra, the city that may hold their true home, the dragon keepers must navigate unknown perils and decide whether to protect these fragile creatures or confront the threat they pose.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: Robin Hobb
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