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  • Blood of Dragons

  • Volume Four of the Rain Wilds Chronicles
  • By: Robin Hobb
  • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
  • Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,103 ratings)

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Blood of Dragons

By: Robin Hobb
Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
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Years ago, the magnificent dragon queen Tintaglia forged a bargain with the inhabitants of the treacherous Rain Wilds. In exchange for her protection against enemy invaders, the humans promised to protect an unhatched brood of dragons. But when the dragons emerged as weak and misshapen hatchlings unable to fend for themselves, dragonkind seemed doomed to extinction. When even Tintaglia deserted the crippled young dragons, the Rain Wilders abandoned the burden of caring for the destructive and ravenous creatures. They were banished to a dangerous and grueling journey in search of their ancient dragon homeland, the lost city of Kelsingra, accompanied by a band of young and inexperienced human keepers, also deemed damaged and disposable.

Against all odds they have found the fabled city, yet myriad challenges remain. Sintara, Mercor, Heeby, Relpda, and the rest of the dragons struggle to find their wings - and their independence. Their human escorts, too, must contend with unsettling upheaval: Thymara, Tats, Rapskal, Sedric, and the others are transforming into Elderlings - true dragon companions. As old rules give way to new alliances, secret fears, and adult desires, the keepers must redefine their lives as they attempt to reawaken Kelsingra to its former glory. But gaps in the dragons' memories leave them all struggling to recover the magic that once animated the great city.

As the young Elderlings risk "memory walking" in the city's hidden history, an outside threat is growing. The Duke of Chalced has dispatched his forces to the Rain Wilds with a compelling mission: slaughter the dragons in an attempt to stave off his own demise. The tide of history is about to turn on a life-and-death battle that will ultimately decide the dragons' fate. If they win, the regal serpents will rule the world once more. And if they lose, they will vanish from the world forever.

©2013 Robin Hobb (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers
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Meets Expectations - still want more

I really like this series. My only problem with Robin Hobb's characters is that sometimes the time it takes for them to mature and stop being so childish seems a little too prolonged for me, but I guess that may be no different than reality. I like seeing them mature and grow, but...

However I really like the world that Robin Hobb has created and discovering it is definitely what keeps me coming back to this series and I am excited to find out what happens next.

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Love Robin hobb

Her work is great. This series is a little easier to read than her other work- and feels like a soap opera at times, but it’s still her amazing writing.

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Another great addition

I love robin Hobb’s writing style. She creates such lovable characters. In this series I love how much I have grown to love some characters and despise some like Hest and the duke of calcid. This is definitely a 5 star book

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great ending for good series

and for a change not a bad ending like Robin Hobb

loved the characters development , loved that every one of them gets a share in the story

I really like the fact that for a change the people are the lesser participants


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Awesome

Loved this story line. Was enthralled the whole time. Made my drive to work and home very enjoyable.

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good dragon conclusion

Good stuff. I am enjoying this series. Things sure do seem to wrap up nicely... but I'm ok with that. The narrator seems to have changed the pronunciation of some words from previous books, and maybe within this book. A little jarring.

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So epic

Fantastic end to this series. I know everyone will enjoy it if they listened to the other 3!

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Very good

Wonderful book with a Very very satisfying ending to a 7 book series. Loved it.

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Still my favorite series!!


If you like any of Robin Hobbs series, you will love this one also. I think this is one of her best!

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fantastic conclusion

This book, unlike others in the quartet was an easy read straight through very very difficult to put the book down.

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