Blood of Dragons

Blood of Dragons
Robin Hobb

'Fantasy as it ought to be written' George R.R. MartinThe final instalment of Robin Hobb’s Sunday Times best-selling series The Rain Wild Chronicles.Dragons will fly over Kelsingra once more…Attacked by hunters, Tintaglia is dying of her wounds. If she 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.The dragon keepers immerse themselves in the dangerously addictive memory-stone records of the city in the hope of recovering the lost Elderling magic that once allowed humans and dragons to co-exist.But war is coming: war between dragons and those who would destroy them…

ROBIN HOBB

Blood of Dragons

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Source ISBN: 9780007444137

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Table of Contents

Title Page (#u5f748c57-9f31-5354-b783-16271699e0d6)

Copyright (#u3ca1b470-6f17-57c6-8d3b-3e3f7750365a)

Dedication (#ud7e8da32-dcfc-5222-9893-9761065cfa36)

Prologue: Changes (#u95151bee-20ee-5568-bd3d-51d451de575a)

Chapter One: Ending a Life (#u58de07fd-a423-5bab-9bc4-1a4bc951b657)

Chapter Two: Flight (#u38e5edcd-7073-5b79-9cdc-40564416f34c)

Chapter Three: Hunters and Prey (#uce43ce9d-a69a-5b94-9605-539a5fea9de0)

Chapter Four: Opening Negotiations (#ud966cc89-b11a-51f1-8d9b-86d9ef5be424)

Chapter Five: Taking the Leap (#u1d373afa-aeb1-5459-97f5-88ca50541165)

Chapter Six: Dragon Blood (#ub593e321-e844-57b1-b61b-f8ce11c79aab)

Chapter Seven: City Dwellers (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight: City of Elderlings (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine: Passing Ships (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten: Tintaglia’s Touch (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven: Silver (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve: Dragon Warrior (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen: Final Chances (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: Blood Price (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: Hostages (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: Expectations (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: The Well (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen: Seductions (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen: IceFyre (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty: Dragon Decisions (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One: Chalced (#litres_trial_promo)