The characterizations are consistently superb, and animates everything with love for and knowledge of the sea. A nautical fantasy series, the Liveship Traders is the second trilogy set in the Realm of the Elderlings and features pirates, sea serpents, a family of traders. But the fate of the ship-and the Vestrits-may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider: the ruthless buccaneer captain Kennit, who plans to seize power over the Pirate Isles by capturing a liveship and bending it to his will. For Althea’s young nephew, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard the ship, the Vivacia is a life sentence. Now the fortunes of one of Bingtown’s oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia.įor Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy. Martinīingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships-rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. Martin Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveshipsrare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. The story is told from the points of view of. The first novel in Robin Hobb’s beloved Liveship Traders Trilogy Even better than the Farseer TrilogyI didn’t think that was possible.George R. The events of the trilogy take place in Bingtown and along the Cursed Shores far down south from the Six Duchies. Ship of Magic: The Liveship Traders (Liveship Traders Trilogy Book 1) by Robin Hobb (Author), Stephen Youll (Illustrator) (6,361) A truly extraordinary saga.

The main story line then continues in the Tawny Man trilogy. “Even better than the Farseer Trilogy-I didn’t think that was possible.”-George R. The Liveship Traders trilogy is set in the Realm of the Elderlings and chronologically follows after the Farseer trilogy. The first novel in Robin Hobb’s beloved Liveship Traders Trilogy

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