Ship of Magic

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Author(s):

Robin Hobb

First Pub:

1999

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

See 40

Prologue - The Tangle

Midsummer

1 - Of Priests and Pirates

2 - Liveships

3 - Ephron Vestrit

4 - Divvytown

5 - Bingtown

6 - The Quickening of the Vivacia

7 - Loyalties

8 - Night Conversations

9 - A Change of Fortunes

10 - Confrontations

11 - Consequences and Reflections

12 - Of Derelicts and Slaveships

13 - Transitions

14 - Family Matters

15 - Negotiations

Autumn

16 - New Roles

17 - Kennit's Whore

18 - Malta

19 - Testimony

Winter

20 - Crimpers

21 - Visitors

22 - Plots and Perils

23 - Jamaillia Slavers

24 - Rain Wild Traders

25 - Candletown

26 - Gifts

27 - Prisoners

28 - Vicissitudes

29 - Dreams and Reality

30 - Defiance and Alliance

31 - Ships and Serpents

32 - Storm

33 - Day of Reconning

34 - Restorations

35 - Pirates and Captives

36 - She Who Remembers

Internal ID:

1915

Series:

The Mad Ship ->

Liveship Traders Trilogy*

#1 of 3

Liveship Traders Trilogy*

A fantasy series by Robin Hobb set in the Realm of the Elderlings.

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1) Ship of Magic
2) The Mad Ship
3) Ship of Destiny

Realm of the Elderlings

#4 of 16

Realm of the Elderlings

A series of fantasy novels by Robin Hobb in which most of her stories are based.

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1) Assassin's Apprentice
2) Royal Assassin
3) Assassin's Quest
4) Ship of Magic
5) The Mad Ship
6) Ship of Destiny
7) Fool's Errand
8) The Golden Fool
9) Fool's Fate
10) Dragon Keeper
11) Dragon Haven
12) City of Dragons
13) Blood of Dragons
14) Fool's Assassin
15) Fool's Quest
16) Assassin's Fate

Copyright:

Dedication:

This one is for
The Devil's Paw
The Totem
The EJ Bruce
The Free Lunch
The Labrador (Scales! Scales!)
The (aptly named) Massacre Bay
The Faithful (Gummi Bears Ahoy!)
The Entrance Point
The Cape St John
The American Patriot (and Cap'n Wookie)
The Lesbian Warmonger
The Anita J and the Marcy J
The Tarpon
The Capelin
The Dolphin
The (not very) Good News Bay
And even the Chicken Little

But especially for Rain Lady,
wherever she may be now.

First Sentence:

Maulkin abruptly heaved himself out of his wallow with a wild thrash that left the atmosphere hanging thick with particles.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

That we must continue to seek She Who Remembers."

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Added: 05-Aug-2015

Last Updated: 08-Apr-2020

Publications

01-Jan-1999

Bantam Spectra Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1999

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$6.99

Pages*:

809

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2029

Publisher:

Bantam Spectra Books

ISBN:

0-553-57563-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-553-57563-7

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Stephen Youll - Cover Artist

"PROMISES TO BE A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY SAGA... THE CHARACTERIZATIONS ARE CONSISTENTLY SUPERB. AND [HOBB] ANIMATES EVERYTHING WITH LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEA. IF PATRICK O'BRIAN WERE TO TURN TO WRITING HIGH FANTASY, HE MIGHT PRODUCE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. KUDOS TO THE AUTHOR AND ENCORE!"
-Booklist

Bingtown 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. The fortunes of one of Bingtown's oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship "Vivacia."
For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy unjustly denied her - a legacy she will risk anything to reclaim. For Althea's young nephew Wintrow, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard ship, "Vivacia" is a life sentence. But the fate of the Vestrit family - and the ship - may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider. The ruthless pirate Kennit seeks a way to seize power over all the denizens of the Pirate Isles... and the first step of his plan requires him to capture his own liveship and bend it to his will....

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Notes and Comments:

Bantam harcover edition / 1998
Bantam paperback edition / February 1999
6th printing by number line.
Other prices: Canada $9.99

I picked this up at Second Chance Books and Comics with a Christmas gift certificate from my daughter.

Author(s)

Robin Hobb
Birth: 05 Mar 1952 Berkeley, California, USA

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