Dragon Haven

by Robin Hobb · 2010

In the second volume of Robin Hobb’s Rain Wilds saga, the fledgling dragons and their human keepers press onward up the perilous Rain Wild River, chasing the legend of Kelsingra—an ancient Elderling city said to hold the key to the dragons’ future. Aboard the sentient liveship Tarman, Captain Leftrin leads a motley crew of hunters, scholars, and outcasts: Alise, who has fled a cruel marriage to pursue her dragon studies, and the dandy Bingtown scribe Sedric. As rivalries and budding romances stir within the group, external threats loom—greedy Chalcedean merchants covet dragon blood and organs for profit, and a traitor hidden among the expedition will stop at nothing to seize them. The jungle’s acidic rivers, impenetrable jungles, and uncharted waterways test every resolve, promising that none who embark will emerge unchanged. Hobb weaves a richly imagined, high‑stakes adventure where the fate of dragons and the destiny of a world that both needs and fears them hang in the balance.