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Blood of Dragons

  • 481 pages · about 8 hours
  • First published 2013
  • 10 editions

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1 About this book

The Tarman expedition has at last found Kelsingra, a city filled with ancient treasures. Here, the dragons and their Elderling keepers may discover their full potential, but only if the magic of Kelsingra can be unlocked. Already rumours of the city have floated down the Rain Wild River.

Adventurers, pirates and fortune hunters will soon be coming to pillage what they can. Among them, Hest Finbok, determined to claim back his errant wife, Alise. Meanwhile, Selden Vestrit finds himself a prisoner of the ailing Duke of Chalced, who believes him to be some sort of dragon-man whose flesh and blood may work miracle cures.

Soon Tintaglia's singer will be sacrificed to keep this vile old tyrant alive. Where is Tintaglia, the greatest of all dragons, when there is such need of her? Attacked, dying of a poisoned wound, can she survive? She holds the memories that will unlock the mysteries of Kelsingra, and the power to defend it, and her own. Without her, all may be lost.

Good for readers who want: fantasy, science fiction, dragons, and a long read.

  • Fantasy
  • Dragons
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Magic
  • Voyages and travels
  • Quests (Expeditions)
  • Mythical Animals
  • Science fiction

2 About Robin Hobb

Born 1952

Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (née Lindholm; born March 5, 1952), known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction. As Hobb, she is best known for her fantasy novels set in the Realm of the Elderlings, which comprise the Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies, the Rain Wild Chronicles, and the Fitz and the Fool trilogy.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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