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The Dragon Keeper 

 (Rain Wild Chronicles, book 1)

by

Robin HobbThe Dragon Keeper (2009)
(The first book in the Rain Wild Chronicles series)
A novel by Robin Hobb

 
Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in this standalone adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. 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...

Genre: Fantasy
 
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Hardback Editions

2011 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B004VE5F60Title: Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Vol. 1) 1st (first) edition Text Only
Author(s): Robin Hobb
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January 2010 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0061561622Title: Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Vol. 1)
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 0-06-156162-2 / 978-0-06-156162-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harper Voyager
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September 2009 : Hardback
Title: The Rain Wild Chronicles (1) - Dragon Keeper
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 0-00-734559-3 / 978-0-00-734559-5 (UK edition)
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July 2009 : Hardback
Title: Dragon Keeper
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 0-00-729025-X / 978-0-00-729025-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: HarperVoyager
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June 2009 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0007273746Title: The Rain Wild Chronicles (1) - Dragon Keeper
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 0-00-727374-6 / 978-0-00-727374-4 (UK edition)
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Title: Dragon Keeper Signed Edition
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 1-84841-414-5 / 9781848414143 (UK edition)
Publisher: Harpercollins
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Paperback Editions

January 2011 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0061561657Title: Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Vol. 1)
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 0-06-156165-7 / 978-0-06-156165-8 (USA edition)
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March 2010 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0007273754Title: The Rain Wild Chronicles (1) - Dragon Keeper
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 0-00-727375-4 / 978-0-00-727375-1 (UK edition)
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March 2010 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0007342594Title: The Rain Wild Chronicles (1) - Dragon Keeper
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 0-00-734259-4 / 978-0-00-734259-4 (UK edition)
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July 2009 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0007273762Title: The Rain Wild Chronicles (1) - Dragon Keeper
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 0-00-727376-2 / 978-0-00-727376-8 (UK edition)
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Audio Editions

January 2010 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1400143330Title: Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds)
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 1-4001-4333-0 / 978-1-4001-4333-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Tantor Media
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January 2010 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1400163331Title: Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds)
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 1-4001-6333-1 / 978-1-4001-6333-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Tantor Media
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January 2010 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1400113334Title: Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds)
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 1-4001-1333-4 / 978-1-4001-1333-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
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June 2009 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 0007317093Title: The Rain Wild Chronicles (1) - Dragon Keeper
Author(s): Robin Hobb
ISBN: 0-00-731709-3 / 978-0-00-731709-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins
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April 2010 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B003GFIW10Title: Dragon Keeper Free Edition with Bonus Material
Author(s): Robin Hobb
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
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January 2010 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B00338QEUGTitle: Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Vol. 1) (The Rain Wild Chronicles)
Author(s): Robin Hobb
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
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June 2009 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B002RI9Q2QTitle: The Rain Wild Chronicles (1) - Dragon Keeper
Author(s): Robin Hobb
Publisher: Harper Voyager
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