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The secret to the book's appeal and quality lie in the author's ability to create a world with a fascinating lore and legend, a world that the reader finds believable and wants to find out more about. Where is Tintaglia, the great sapphire-blue dragon, when all have such need of her? Has she really abandoned her beloved Selden and the fledgling dragons forever? Or will she too return to seek the wonders of Kelsingra?Ĭity of Dragons deserves to be placed amongst Robin Hobb's finest individual fantasy novels, right up there with Assassin's Quest (from The Farseer Trilogy) and The Mad Ship (from The Liveship Traders). As is Hest Finbok, Alise’s husband… 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. Adventurers, pirates and fortune hunters are coming in droves to pillage what they can from the city.

Already, rumours of the city’s discovery have floated down the Rain Wild River and reached envious ears in Bingtown and beyond. Once the rest of the world knows about the riches the city contains, nothing will ever be the same again. Alise, overwhelmed by the treasures she finds there, records her finds for posterity. But wondrous things await in Kelsingra, a city built for dragons and their Elderling keepers.

The other dragons, with their deformed wings and feeble muscles, are afraid to risk failure and humiliation. Kelsingra awaits for those brave enough to enter… The dragons and their keepers have discovered Kelsingra but so far only Heeby has succeeded in flying over the river to enter the fabled city. The gradual unfolding of the tale and the progressive uncovering of the legend of the Elderlings is to be read and savoured. City of Dragons is as enthralling an instalment as any Robin Hobb has written.

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