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  • Dragon Haven

  • The Rain Wild Chronicles, Book 2
  • By: Robin Hobb
  • Narrated by: Jacqui Crago
  • Length: 20 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (682 ratings)
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Dragon Haven

By: Robin Hobb
Narrated by: Jacqui Crago
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Summary

The dragon keepers and the fledgling dragons are forging a passage up the treacherous Rain Wild River. They are in search of the mythical Elderling city of Kelsingra, and are accompanied by the liveship Tarman, its captain, Leftrin, and a group of hunters who must search the forests for game with which to keep the dragons fed.

With them are Alise, who has escaped her cold marriage to the cruel libertine Hest Finbok in order to continue her study of dragons, and Hest's amanuensis, the Bingtown dandy Sedric.

Rivalries and romances are already threatening to disrupt the band of explorers, but external forces may prove to be even more dangerous. Chalcedean merchants are keen to lay hands on dragon blood and organs to turn them to medicines and profit. Their traitor has infiltrated the expedition and will stop at nothing to obtain the coveted body parts.

And then there are the Rain Wilds themselves: mysterious, unstable, and ever perilous, its mighty river running with acid, its jungle impenetrable, and its waterways uncharted. Will the expedition reach their destination unscathed? Does the city of Kelsingra even exist?

Only one thing is certain: the journey will leave none of the dragons nor their human companions unchanged by the experience.

©2010 HarperCollins Publishers (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers

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Shame

While I was getting hooked with the 1st book was then left diss interested with the change in narrator? Saskia Butlar was excellent why why why book two with Jacqui Crago seemed a completely different Book. Ruined the whole book

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Changed!

While the book is very good, the story flows well and the characters develop believably, the narrator has been changed from the first book, and its not a good change, the original narrator was very good for the series, and expressed the characters well, so that you knew who she was portraying without needing to be told, but this narrator has ruined the book for me, if she is narrating the next installment, I doubt I will get it, shame.

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A satisfying conclusion

What an excellent sequel to Dragon Keeper! This continued in the same vein - excellent writing, excellent narration and so vivid I feel I would recognise Kelsingra myself.

The writing is so evocative I feel as though I am right there with the characters, sharing their experiences. The characters are well rounded and completely believable, even the dragons! The conclusion to all of their individual arcs feels natural and not contrived. The narration, while different from Dragon Keeper, is still excellent, although it is a little jarring at first.

This book is definitely more adult than the first, and while not explicit I would advise caution for those with young ones in the house.

My only criticism is that the series is too short - I would have loved to listen to more of these books! Also, Robin Hobb has written many other books based in the same world, and a reading of these would make this later series a lot easier to understand than diving straight in as I did at first.

A highly recommended listen, although it is very addictive so allow more time than usual!

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Robin Hobb's 'Rain Wild Chronicles'

The Rain Wild Chronicles continues the saga that began with 'The Live Ship Traders'. We learn in the earlier books that the serpents must migrate to the rain wilds to 'hatch' into dragons and in the 'Tawny Man' series Tintaglia, the last dragon, finds a mate buried in ice. Tintaglia has persuaded the humans to help the hatched dragons but unfortunately problems arise and the young dragons are unable to fly.This latest series tells particularly of the dragon's search for the ancient Elderling city of Kelsingra, with the help of their human 'keepers',and a live ship barge.

The two books make a superb addition to Robin Hobb's Live Ship stories and can be read independently of the earlier books I think. Saskia Butler does an excellent job with the narration. Be warned that having tried the books, you may well become hooked, like me, and end up reading everything that Hobb has written!

Highly recommended.

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Why change the narrator?

I have read/listened to all of the books set in this world so far and love the writing although the quality of narrators varies. Saskia Butler did a fantastic job with the previous book and I was disappointed that she was not narrating this one too. This narrator not only uses different accents for the characters (which makes the series feel disjointed) but she smacks her lips and there are audible big intakes of breath as if she is breathless. If Saskia Butler were not returning for the third book I would not purchase the next book from Audible.

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First time listener of Robin Hobb

An epic story split into small books. Bit disappointed at the length of these audio books when I'm used to the longer types. Not a problem as I'm enjoying the story enough to keep going!

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Good story about t'dragons ;)

I really liked it, a good continuation of the previous book - if you haven't read/heard number 1 I doubt you will get the most out of this one - but I agree with the other reviewer, why did they change the narrator?? This narrator is good, but the change was disconcerting. One of the characters went from sounding like Ray Winstone in book 1 to Alan Bennett in book 2! Although I personally wouldn't let it put me off a third installment as if the narrators had been the other way round I might still have flagged it as a problem. You do have to pay attention though as it can be a little tricky to tell which character is talking, though I am undecided if this is a fault with the audio process or some decision the original author took. Bottom line if you loved the first one they get this now! If you only liked the first one maybe wait till you can get it cheap, if you didn't like the first one then this won't turn you around.

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Shocking

The narrator was not so bad themselves.

However the recording and editing was very poor. It sounded like it was recorded in an empty room and at times it sounded like people were going up and down stairs.

The actual editing was shocking I think there’s around 10 pages of the book which are actually missing audio.

The chapters themselves are completely wrong and the chapters merge into one another. For example you’ll be reading chapter 10 but the audio will say chapter 14.

The story itself is amazing a shame considering the first book of The Rain Wild Chronicles is great.

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I can't get through it!

The narrator completely ruins this! For god's sake move away from the microphone so we don't hear the wet, smacky sounds of your mouth! And blow your nose! I'm going to try and get a refund.

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Amazing book horrible listening

A fantastic read but a horrible listen. To find myself screaming have a drink at the reader of this audible title has been painful. I can’t listen to this title unfortunately due to the loud swallowing and clacking noises. By far the worst reading i have ever tried to listen to. I personally couldn’t listen any further than chapter 5

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