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Description edit
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... read more
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Characters edit
- Icefyre: An ancient black dragon, once entrapped in ice.
- Jerd: A dragon keeper, known for allowing male keepers to sleep with her
- Rapskal: A keeper, something of a leader
- Sylve: A thoughtful young keeper
- Thymara: A young keeper marked as Elderling potential with wings. She is clawed and has good hunting skills.
- Tats: A keeper who had been born a slave. Friend of Thymara.
- Tintaglia: A dragon queen determined to help other dragons thrive.
- Alise Kincarron Finbok: A dragon expert from Bingtown.
- Sedric Meldar: Friend of Alise, former secretary from Bingtown.
- Leftrin: Alise's lover and captain of the Tarman.
- Begasti Cored: Chaldedean merchant.
- Malta Khuprus: An Elderling 'queen'.
- Sintara: A blue queen dragon struggling to learn to fly.
Setting & Locations edit
- Rain Wilds: A jungle area of vast forests and acidic waters.
- Bingtown: A port city home to the Trader families.
- Kelsingra: A lost Elderling city
First Sentence edit
She rode the air currants easily, her legs sleeked tight against her body, her wings spread wide.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue: Tintaglia and Icefyre
Chapter One: the Duke and the Captive
Chapter Two: Dragon Battle
Chapter Three: Pathways
Chapter Four: Kelsingra
Chapter Five: A Bingtown Trader
Chapter Six: Marked by the Rain Wilds
Chapter Seven: Dragon Dreams
Chapter Eight: Other Lives
Chapter Nine: Return to Cassarick
Chapter Ten: Kidnapped
Chapter Eleven: Flight
Chapter Twelve: Illumination
Chapter Thirteen: Second Thoughts
Chapter Fourteen: Shopping
Chapter Fifteen: Strange Bedfellows
Epilogue: Homeward Bound
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 5 in Rain Wild Chronicles. (standard series)
Preceded by Dragon Haven, and followed by Blood of Dragons.
This is book 12 of 19 in Realm Of The Elderlings. (universe)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robin Hobb (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Anne Flosnik (Narrator) - Audio Edition
- Paula Russell Szafranski (Designer) - Harper Voyager Hardcover Edition
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: February 7, 2012
ISBN: 978-0061561634
Page Count: 400
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: February 7, 2012
ISBN: 978-0061561634
Page Count: 400
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- Dewey: 813
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