“Robin Hobb is one of our very best fantasy writers.”
New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson
With Dragon Keeper, Robin Hobb, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling “master fantasist” (Baltimore Sun), begins a breathtaking new series about the resurgence of dragons in a world that both needs and fears them—the world Hobb’s readers most recently visited in her immensely popular “Tawny Man” trilogy. Volume One of the Rain Wilds Chronicles, Dragon Keeper is yet another magnificent adventure from the author of The Soldier Son and Farseer Trilogies, confirming the Contra Costa Times of California’s assessment of Hobb as “one of the most important writers in 21st century fantasy.”
Time and more time have passed since the dragon Tintaglia helped save the Trader cities from a deadly invasion. In the years since, The Traders have forgotten or ignored their promises to protect the earthbound dragons and their weak, afflicted offspring. Now, threatened with dragon attacks, Trader leaders have resolved to exile the dragons to the creatures' ancestral memories. On their long journey home, the dragons will be escorted by two women, one a young forest girl and the other a wife of a wealthy Trader. Dragon Keeper tells their story. Acclaimed in hardcover; now an inexpensive mass market paperback.
Booklist (starred review)
In a novel as good as it is massive, the first of two Rain Wilds Chronicles...Hobb continues to occupy a perch at or near the top among contemporary fantasists. This book is imaginative, literate, and compassionate from first page to last.
Booklist
"In a novel as good as it is massive, the first of two Rain Wilds Chronicles...Hobb continues to occupy a perch at or near the top among contemporary fantasists. This book is imaginative, literate, and compassionate from first page to last."
From the Publisher
"Hobb's meticulously realized fantasy tale is a welcome addition to contemporary dragon lore." —Publishers Weekly
