Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the third instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. Kelsingra awaits for those brave enough to enter...The dragons and their keepers have discovered Kelsingra but so far only Heeby has succeeded in flying over the river to enter the fabled city. The other dragons, with their deformed wings and feeble muscles, are afraid to risk failure and humiliation. But wondrous things await in Kelsingra, a city built for dragons and their Elderling keepers. Alise, overwhelmed by the treasures she finds there, records her finds for posterity. Once the rest of the world knows about the riches the city contains, nothing will ever be the same again. Already, rumours of the city's discovery have floated down the Rain Wild River and reached envious ears in Bingtown and beyond. Adventurers, pirates and fortune hunters are coming in droves to pillage what they can from the city. As is Hest Finbok, Alise's husband...Meanwhile, Selden Vestrit finds himself a prisoner of the ailing Duke of Chalced, who believes him to be some sort of dragon-man whose flesh and blood may work miracle cures. Where is Tintaglia, the great sapphire-blue dragon, when all have such need of her? Has she really abandoned her beloved Selden and the fledgling dragons forever? Or will she too return to seek the wonders of Kelsingra?

羅賓·霍布（Robin Hobb），紐約時報暢銷書作傢，亞馬遜暢銷書作傢。

生於美國加州，在阿拉斯加的費爾班剋斯度過大部分的成長歲月。在那裏，她愛上瞭森林和原野，並形成瞭畢生對奇幻與科幻文學的熱愛，這引導她步入這個領域開始創作。在男性主導的奇幻寫作界，羅賓·霍布成功地走齣瞭自己的一條道路。

她的短篇小說寫作使她獲得阿西莫夫讀者大奬。她還曾獲幻想小說最高奬項星雲奬和雨果奬提名。代錶作有：《刺客正傳》《刺客後傳》《魔法活船》《士兵之子》《雨野原傳奇》等。