• Blood of Dragons (The Rain Wild Chronicles, Book 4)

  • By: Robin Hobb
  • Narrated by: Avita Jay
  • Length: 19 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (49 ratings)

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Blood of Dragons (The Rain Wild Chronicles, Book 4)

By: Robin Hobb
Narrated by: Avita Jay
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Publisher's summary

The final instalment of Robin Hobb’s Sunday Times best-selling series The Rain Wild Chronicles.

Dragon blood and scales, dragon liver and eyes and teeth. All required ingredients for medicines with near-miraculous healing powers. The legendary blue dragon Tintaglia is dying of wounds inflicted by hunters sent by the Duke of Chalced, who meanwhile preserves his dwindling life by consuming the blood of the dragon’s poet Selden Vestrit.

If Tintaglia perishes, her ancestral memories will die with her. And the dragons in the ancient city of Kelsingra will lose the secret knowledge they need to survive. Their keepers immerse themselves in the dangerously addictive memory-stone records of the city in the hope of recovering the Elderling magic that once allowed humans and dragons to co-exist. In doing so they risk losing their own identities, even their lives.

And danger threatens from beyond the city, too. For war is coming: war between dragonkind and those who would destroy them.

©2018 Robin Hobb (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

"In today’s crowded fantasy market Robin Hobb’s books are like diamonds in a sea of zircons." (George R. R. Martin)

"Hobb is superb, spinning wonderful characters and plots from pure imagination." (Conn Iggulden)

"Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers...what makes her novels as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics." (The Times)

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ending was better

Based on this book previous one could've been easily skipped. it almost wraps all the storylines started in book 1. Reader's performance was excellent

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Great story, disappointing narration

An excellent book and a satisfying conclusion to the series, no complaints there.

The narrator is fine for the most part, but their character voices are unbearable at times, often completely at odds with the character. Rapskal is particularly egregious.

There are also a number of consistent mispronunciations that grate (Liveship, Chalced), and poor editing which fails to leave a pause between scene changes, meaning you often only realise you're in a new scene several sentences in.

If you're torn between reading and listening, I'd lean toward reading.

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Great book thoroughly enjoyable

Really enjoyed this book I truly hope it’s not the end of the series. I hope there’s going to be more to come love these particular characters

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