This second volume in The LiveShip Traders trilogy returns readers to the timeless city of Bingtown, where pirates plague the coasts.
Imaginative and compelling.-- Library Journal Don\'t miss the magic of the LiveShip Traders Trilogy: Ship OF MAGIC - MAD Ship - Ship OF DESTINY.
Althea and her onetime sea mate Brashen resolve to liberate the liveship--but their plan may prove more dangerous than leaving the Vivacia in Kennit\'s ambitious grasp.
But the Vivacia has been seized by the ruthless pirate captain Kennit, who holds Althea\'s nephew and his father hostage.
And Althea Vestrit waits even more avidly, living only to reclaim the Ship as her lost inheritance and captain her on the high seas. reads like a cross between Tolkien and Patrick O\'Brian.-- Publishers Weekly As the ancient tradition of Bingtown\'s Old Traders slowly erodes under the cold new order of a corrupt ruler, the Vestrits anxiously await the return of their liveship--a rare magic Ship carved from sentient wizardwood, which bonds the ships mystically with those who sail them. . .
The second novel in Robin Hobb\'s beloved LiveShip Traders Trilogy A major work .
She hatches a bold plan, but to carry it out, she must recruit a LiveShip that already has slain two crews and is said to be insane.
Althea Vestrit doesn\'t have time to be afraid, for her family\'s newly awakened LiveShip has been seized by the ruthless pirate Kennit.
This second volume in The LiveShip Traders trilogy returns readers to the timeless city of Bingtown, where pirates plague the coasts
