Secrets, even those carefully guarded, will be revealed, for better or for worse. Will the dragons' reliance on their missing memory lead them to a haven, or to a wasteland? What does the future hold for the profiteers seeking to harvest the dragons for their scales and claws and blood? The adventurers face adversity of all kinds, and with each obstacle, come out stronger than they were. You can keep up to date with her blog here. A self-proclaimed introvert, she seems to prefer her non-writing time to be spent with her large furry and feathered family on her farm. She is even tentatively available for interviews and podcasts if she has the time. When not writing, Hobb enjoys coffee breaks in the forest, and helping with school projects.

The precursor to the Rain Wild Chronicles is Liveship Traders, published between 19. Most recently, in 2017, she has released Assassin's Fate (picking up her tales of the characters in Assassin's Apprentice with a new trilogy). The author has a prolific writing background, beginning with her first published novel, Assassin's Apprentice, in 1995. Robin Hobb is a person Rebekah would desperately love to meet one day, if only to have the selfish and childish chance to swing on the oh-so-welcoming tire swing as pictured in 'The View from my kitchen window' on the author's FAQ page. Embarking on an arduous journey that holds no promise of return, the band of humans and dragons must make its way along the toxic and inhospitable Rain Wild River-an extraordinary odyssey that will teach them lessons about themselves and one another as they experience hardships, betrayals, and joys beyond their wildest dreams.Written by Robin Hobb ( Farseer, Fitz and the Fool Trilogy ) The two women share a deep kinship with the dragons: Thymara can instinctively communicate with them, and Alise, captivated by their beauty and majesty, has devoted her life to studying them. Among them is Thymara, an unschooled forest girl of sixteen, and Alise, a wealthy Trader’s wife trapped in a loveless marriage, who attaches herself to the expedition as a dragon expert. To ensure their safe passage, the Traders recruit a disparate group of young people to care for the damaged creatures and escort them to their new home. To avert catastrophe, the dragons decree a move even farther up the treacherous river to Kelsingra, their ancient, mythical homeland whose mysterious location is locked deep within the dragons’ uncertain ancestral memories.

The Trader leadership fears that if it stops providing for the young dragons, the hungry and neglected creatures will rampage-or die along the river’s acidic muddy banks. But Tintaglia has vanished and the Traders are weary of the labor and expense of tending useless dragons. The few who survive cannot use their wings earthbound, they are powerless to hunt and vulnerable to human predators willing to kill them for the fabled healing powers of dragon flesh. But too much time has passed, and the newly hatched dragons are damaged and weak, and many die. In return, the Traders promised to help her serpents migrate up the Rain Wild River after a long exile at sea-to find a safe haven and, Tintaglia hopes, to restore her species.

But they could not have staved off invasion without the powerful dragon Tintaglia. For years, the Trader cities valiantly battled their enemies, the Chalcedeans.

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