City of Dragons
The Rain Wild Chronicles, Book 3
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Narrated by:
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Saskia Butler
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By:
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Robin Hobb
About this listen
Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the third instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy.
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 other dragons, with their deformed wings and feeble muscles, are afraid to risk failure and humiliation.
But wondrous things await in Kelsingra, a city built for dragons and their Elderling keepers. Alise, overwhelmed by the treasures she finds there, records her finds for posterity. Once the rest of the world knows about the riches the city contains, nothing will ever be the same again.
Already, rumours of the city’s discovery have floated down the Rain Wild River and reached envious ears in Bingtown and beyond. Adventurers, pirates and fortune hunters are coming in droves to pillage what they can from the city. 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.
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?
©2012 Robin Hobb (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedCritic Reviews
"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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- Anonymous User
- 12-01-2023
A huge improvement over Dragon Haven
The story is a massive improvement over the previous 2 books in the series. It’s pacing is greatly improved through using characters outside of the Dragon City.
The quality of the audiobook is also much better, the narrator is an improvement and chapters are properly set up.
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- Vicki
- 01-07-2016
City of dragons
loved every minute of the story, the narration was brilliant, really brought stroy to life.
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- Miss
- 03-12-2024
Annoying narration
I love Robin Hobb and all of her work but when changing the reader of an audio book half way through a series you would think that they would at least listen to the first two books. The character voices are all so wrong.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-04-2021
Wonderful
loved it can't wait to hear what comes next is this enough words yet ?
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- Milly G
- 26-08-2024
Book is fine but why did they return to this narrator???
There’s no question that the Realm of the Elderlings is Hibb’s weakest series but there is still a lot to like. Similarly, this book suffers from the classic mid-series issue of lots of bridging plot, not a great deal of actual excitement. We certainly don’t get a lot of the eponymous city. But the biggest issue is the return to this voice artist. Why the reader decided to give young males higher voices than the females I will never know but it is genuinely disconcerting to hear Thymara being seduced by men who sound like 8-year olds. At least she stopped pronouncing Trehoag as “Trehog”…
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- Amy Schumacher
- 08-12-2017
Robin Hobb Is Unbeatable
Don't hesitate, just get the book, it is great!!!
I love this author and this book does not disappoint.
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- Michelle Clarke
- 24-11-2019
The story is good but...
The first three books in this trilogy (& now there is a 4th book) didn’t seem to have quite enough content for a trilogy. The story is good but each book spends a decent amount of time repeating the story already told. At times it was frustrating and a little boring however, they are still worth reading.
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- Finn
- 24-08-2017
great story! excellent narration
What made the experience of listening to City of Dragons the most enjoyable?
the narrator really made the story engaging, the different character voices, the right emphasis, etc. thank you Saskia Butler for the narration and Robin Hobb for the excellent series of books.
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- MJ
- 02-07-2021
read all the Robin Hobb booke you can!
Love this author. my fave series is Fitz and the Fool, but the Rain Wilds series are a close second.
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- Phoebe
- 26-08-2019
pleasant
good to have Saskia Butler back narrating again and to find out more about the lives of the former and current elderlings.
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