Robin Hobb

The legendary blue dragon Tintaglia is dying of wounds inflicted by hunters sent by the Duke of Chalced, who meanwhile preserves his dwindling life by consuming the blood of the dragon’s poet Selden Vestrit. If Tintaglia perishes, her ancestral memories will die with her. And danger threatens from beyond the city, too. For war is coming: war between dragonkind and those who would destroy them.  Book 4 of series.

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 wait in Kelsingra, a city built for dragons and their Elderling keepers.  Book 3 of series

The dragon keepers and the fledgling dragons are forging a passage up the treacherous Rain Wild River, in search of the mythical city of Kelsingra. Only one thing is certain: the journey will leave none of the dragons nor their human companions unchanged by the experience.  Book 2 of series.

To be a dragon keeper is a dangerous job: their charges are vicious and unpredictable, and there are many unknown perils on the journey to a city which may not even exist… Book 1 of series.