Ping started her life out as a slave so had to make major adjustments to her view on things and people, she was also isolated at Huangling so she never came in contact with many people so her experiences were limited. She developed more of a friendship with Danzi, at first he was very conservative about what he would share but Ping managed to wriggle some stories out of him and became better friends with him because of it. Throughout the book Ping made many new friends and enjoyed their kindness and company. They gave her a meal and when she offered to wash up they refused, they also gave her some new cloths which Ping though were too nice for her but when forced to enjoyed wearing. The second night Ping and Danzi spent on their journey some peasants offered for them to stay with them for the night and they were kinder to Ping than anyone at Huangling had ever been. They were faced with life-threatening situations which says something about their ability to push through problems which is something we all need to be ale to do in life.Īt the start of the book Ping didn't even think she deserved a name but she gradually gained respect for herself through her achievements and the kindness of others. There were many problems/conflicts which the characters had to face in order to reach their goal, they overcame the issue at had every time and gained new respect for themselves each time(especially Ping). If (('gtm=off') const isAppRedirect = ('appRedirect') Ĭonst isAndroid = /Android/i.test(erAgent) Ĭonst isIphone = /iPhone|iPad|iPod/i.test(erAgent) To be a dragon keeper is a dangerous job: their charges are vicious and unpredictable, and there are many unknown perils on the journey to a city which may not even exist… But Kelsingra appears on no maps and they cannot get there on their own: a band of dragon keepers, hunters and chroniclers must attend them.
The dragons claim an ancestral memory of a fabled Elderling city far upriver: perhaps there the dragons will find their true home. Soon, they become a danger and a burden to the Rain Wilders: something must be done.
Stunted and deformed, they cannot fly some seem witless and bestial. Leftrin, captain of the liveship Tarman, also has an interest in the hatching as does Bingtown newlywed, Alise Finbok, who has made it her life's work to study all there is to know of dragons.īut the creatures which emerge from the cocoons are a travesty of the powerful, shining dragons of old. Like everyone else, Thymara is fascinated by the return of dragons: it is as if they symbolise the return of hope to their war-torn world. But her father saved her and her mother has never forgiven him. Born with black claws and other aberrations, she should have been exposed at birth. People are changed by the Rain Wilds, subtly or otherwise. With its acid waters and impenetrable forest, it is a hard place for any to survive. Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wilds River, the first to make the perilous journey to the cocooning grounds in generations. Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in this standalone adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy.