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[[Image:DragonKeeperHBfront.jpg|thumb|The front cover for The Dragon Keeper UK hardcover edition , art by [[Jackie Morris]].]][[Image:Dragon Keeper US.jpg|thumb|The cover for the US hardcover edition of Dragon Keeper, art by [[Steve Stone]].]]

'''The Dragon Keeper''' is part one of the two-part [[Rain Wild Chronicles]]. The story It was originally written as just one meant to be a standalone book. When the manuscript grew too large to be a single book, titled it was split into two parts that were then published as "The Dragon Keeper" but it was so long that the publishers decided to split it (much like happened with and [[The Reindeer PeopleDragon Haven]] and . A later sequel met with the same fate and was published as [[Wolf's BrotherCity of Dragons]].) Part two is and [[Dragon HavenBlood of Dragons]], making the chronicles a four volume series.

The story takes place in the [[Rain Wilds]] and [[Bingtown]] some time after the events in [[Ship of Magic]] and [[Fool's Fate]]. Like the [[Liveship Traders trilogy|Liveship Traders]], the story is told in third person. The viewpoint characters are [[Thymara]], [[Alise Kincarron Finbok]], [[Sisarqua]]/[[Sintara]], [[Leftrin]] and [[Sedric Meldar]]. Notes sent between two [[Keeper of the Birds|Keepers of the Birds]], [[Erek]] and [[Detozi]] are set between each chapter of the book.

The book is dedicated ==Dedication==<poemstyle="border: 1px solid #999999; background-color: #cccccc; padding: 1em; font-style: italic; text-align: center; width: 25%;">To the memory of Spot and Smokey,

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* a A Dutch translation titled ''De Kronieken van de Wilde Regenlanden eerste boek: Drakenhoeder'' by Luitingh, the 11th of November 2009 with ISBN 9789024528769* an Italian translation titled ''Il Custode del Drago (Le Cronache delle Giungle della Pioggia #1)'' by Fanucci, 22nd of April 2010 with ISBN 9788834715895. Translated by [[Gabriele Giorgi]].* A French translation was split in into two parts. Part 1 titled ** ''Les Cit√©s des Anciens, Tome 1 : Dragons et serpents'' was published by from Pygmalion the 22nd of September 2010 with ISBN 9782756402871 and part 2 , cover by Steve Stone, translated by Arnaud Mousnier-Lompré. Also released as a kindle edition the 11th of October 2011 with ASIN B005Y14L2I. Reprinted the 9th of November 2011 by J'ai lu with ISBN 9782290032763 as well as by France Loisirs.** ''Les Cit√©s des Anciens, Tome 2 : Les eaux acides'' from Pygmalion the 17th of November 2010 with ISBN 9782756402888, cover by Steve Stone, translated by Arnaud Mousnier-Lompré. The covers are Also released as a kindle edition the US covers for Dragon Haven and Dragon Keeper respectively and 21st of October 2011 with ASIN B005Y14L5K. Reprinted the 8th of January 2012 by J'ai lu with ISBN 9782290033135 as well as by France Loisirs.* A German translation ''Drachenhüter'' in March 2012 from Heyne with ISBN 9783453529182. Translated by Simon Weinert.* An Italian translation is ''Il Custode del Drago'' by [[Arnaud Mousnier-Lompr√©]]Fanucci the 22nd of April 2010 with ISBN 9788834715895. Translated by Gabriele Giorgi.