Just taking a little time out from the Blog Tour to talk about what I’m reading right now—I have just picked up Robin Hobb’s City of Dragons, the third novel in her “Rain Wild Chronicles.”

This book continues the story begun in Dragon Keeper and Dragon Haven—and further develops the Rain Wild world first encountered in the “Liveship” trilogy:

“Once, dragons ruled the Rain Wilds, tended by privileged human servants known as Elderlings. But a series of cataclysmic eruptions nearly drove these magnificent creatures to extinction. Born weak and deformed, the last of their kind had one hope for survival: to return to their ancient city of Kelsingra. Accompanied by a disparate crew of untested young keepers, the dragons embarked on a harsh journey into the unknown along the toxic Rain Wild River. Battling starvation, a hostile climate, and treacherous enemies, dragons and humans have begun to forge magical connections, bonds that have wrought astonishing transformations for them all. And though Kelsingra is finally near, their odyssey has only begun …

… Now the dragons must plumb the depths of their ancestral memories to help them take flight and unlock the secrets buried in Kelsingra. But enemies driven by greed and dark desires are approaching. Time is running out, not only for the dragons but for their human keepers as well.”

I am looking forward to finding out what surprises lie across the Rain Wild river in the ancient dragon/elderling city and the extent to which the “Live Ships” dragon, Tintaglia, comes back into the story.