With “Blood of Dragons,” Hobb Brings Her Rain Wilds Endgame

Michael van Baker — Wed, 01 May 2013 22:58:20 +0000

The series is richly -- even baroquely -- layered with resonant relationships that forego strict analogy; at times, the dragons are like impatient parents, all too mindful of their short-lived human charges' ignorance of deep history, while at others, the roles are reversed, the dragons all potential, while their human minders try simply to keep them from injuring themselves before they've grown into adulthood.

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With “Blood of Dragons,” Hobb Brings Her Rain Wilds Endgame