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Blood of Dragons

By: Robin Hobb
Narrated by: Avita Jay
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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 Dragons & Mythical Creatures Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Historical Military Dragons Mythology

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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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It is very irritating when you listen to the first three books in a series and the word Chalced is pronounced with a 'ch' like in 'chuckle', but when you get to the last book this phoneme is suddenly pronounced as a 'k'. Made me think of calcium deposits, not a helpful association in this context. Why hasn't Avita Jay bothered to listen to at least some of the first three books? They're pretty good.

Love all the Robin Hobb books but pronuciation!

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I HAVE ABSOLUTELY LOVED ALL OF THE BOOKS BASED ON THE 6 DUCHES RIGHT FROM THE START WITH FITZ AND THE FOOL TO END WITH BLOOD OF DRAGONS. I HAVE FOUND THE BOOKS TO BE ENGAGING AND FULL OF EXCITEMENT. THE ONLY DOWN SIDE I FEEL IS ON THE MARKETING OF THE BOOKS IT ALWAYS FELT WHEN A BOOK FINISHED IN THE SERIES IT WAS ABRUPTLY, AND DIDN'T MAKE SENSE ALMOST LIKE THEY WANTED TO GET ANOTHER BOOK INTO THE SERIES TO GET MORE MONEY. APART FROM THIS I HAVE ENJOYED THE WHOLE SERIES.

BRILLIANT STOREY BUT SHAME ON MARKETING

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I had struggled a little with previous volumes, but this was a superb conclusion. Well worth digging into.

A Triumphant End

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I enjoyed the story I didn't like the way the narrator didn't pause between I situation and the next. I was never sure where 1 scene finished and the next started

On the whole very good

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I Loved this series of books can't wait to find a new series from this author

Great series

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My gripe was that the space interval between the end of chapters or when changing scenes was very quick. It needs to be lengthened ever so slightly to act as an unconscious nod to a chapter change.
My other grip is that I was enjoying this story so much I didn’t want it to finish. Really enjoyed it. My four star overall was because of the lack of being able to identify when a chapter ends or starts from the reading.

Excellent pacy story. Holding your attention

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What a absolutely fantastic conclusion, Blood of Dragons delivers to this epic series The Rain Wild Chronicles, this series is the stuff of every fantasy fans dreams. Every book from the farseer trilogy to this has captured my imagination from the beginning has just blown me away with the authors amazing storytelling. Robin Hobb creates characters and places and time lines that just capture your heart and soul. Her characters are so relatable, you feel every event, hardship and the emotional roller coaster Robin Hobb takes you on with them is just incredible. Words leap out of the page so well that it' feels more and more like watching a movie then reading. The only thing I disliked and disheartened me was having to put the book down. After finding the mythical dragon city of Kelsingra the dragons and their dedicated band of keepers can at last call a place home. The dragons have finally learned to use their wings and are growing into their graceful regalness. Their humans too are changing. As the mystical bonds with their dragons deepen our band of misfits have begun transforming into beautiful Elderlings that mirror the features that complement the dragons they serve. When a dragon is at deaths door by those who's greed for dragon flesh, this time it's personal and its time to go to war. Just brilliant, love the mixing of old and new characters between The Liveship Traders and The Rain Wild Chronicles. I very highly recommend, Now for the final Trilogy Fitz And The Fool, the bloody excitement....😁🐉💙🔥

Epic Goodness.

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An excellent if not slightly predictable endimg to this series. My only issue is not necessarily with this narrator, but like many of the RH series narrators or productuons, there seems to be no proper punctuation (a proper pause between what i suspect in the book is a new paragraph ), so you you suddenly go onto another topic and become a little discombobulated, other I love these books.

Another very enjoyable Book

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Clever storytelling, very descriptive making the pictures in the words become real. Hope there is more to come as the story is not over.

Pure escapism.

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While the narrator isnt as good as the previous book, the story is too good to let anything get in the way! A great end and a wonderful series.

Superb End to the saga!

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