I recommend any book by Robin Hobb! For those who love fantasy, medieval, magic (but without spark and fireworks), animals, dragons, human psychology, spy stories, pirates, politics, love stories, the Adventure, different cultures ... etc., these books are for you !! You end up thinking that this is a true story that took place in our past on another continent. They wrote several series that are happening in this invented world with different character and different cultures but still with links more or less present among the different series. Here it is the third volume of the fourth series that follows dragons and their carers in a quest for the perfect land and other characters with the near or distant link with this quest. This is a new vision of dragons given to us by Robin Hobb. As in all his books, the characters' psychology and is much sought after complex. I highly recommend, but I advise to read all the series and in the right order! ! (Caution France 2 series were compiled in 4 books: The Citadel shadows because they follow the same character, but between the first 2 and last 2 books intercalates series: Raiders of the sea. )