An edition of The Dragon Keeper (2009)

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An edition of The Dragon Keeper (2009)

The Dragon Keeper

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Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wilds River, the first to make the perilous journey to the cocooning grounds in generations. Many have died along the way. With its acid waters and impenetrable forest, it is a hard place for any to survive.People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. One such is Thymara. Born with black claws and other aberrations, she should have been exposed at birth. But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. Like everyone else, Thymara is fascinated by the return of dragons: it is as if they symbolise the return of hope to their war-torn world. Leftrin, captain of the liveship Tarman, also has an interest in the hatching; as does Bingtown newlywed, Alise Finbok, who has made it her life's work to study all there is to know of dragons.But the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. Stunted and deformed, they cannot fly; some seem witless and bestial. Soon, they become a danger and a burden to the Rain Wilders: something must be done. The dragons claim an ancestral memory of a fabled Elderling city far upriver: perhaps there the dragons will find their true home. But Kelsingra appears on no maps and they cannot get there on their own: a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them.To be a dragon keeper is a dangerous job: their charges are vicious and unpredictable, and there are many unknown perils on the journey to a city which may not even exist...

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Publisher
Harper Voyager
Language
English
Pages
53

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Edition Notes

Published in
London, Great Britain
Series
The Rain Wild Chronicles, Book One
Copyright Date
2009

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3558 O33636D759, PS3558.O33636

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
553p
Number of pages
53
Dimensions
19.7 x 13.0 x 3.6 centimeters
Weight
375 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25159660M
Internet Archive
dragonkeeper0000hobb
ISBN 13
9780007342594

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