Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders) - Hardcover

Hobb, Robin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553103237 ISBN 13: 9780553103236

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2000

Synopsis

In the epic conclusion of the Liveship Traders trilogy, chaos stalks the world as the war between Bingtown and Chalced escalates, Althea and Brashen cope with their blinded Liveship, Vivacia falls victim to another facet of her personality, and a powerful dragon, capable of untold destruction or redemption, appears.

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Review:

Robin Hobb's books combine heroic adventures by land and sea with a passionate urgency about the morality which underlies her character's deeds. Ship of Destiny the third of the Liveship Trilogy, involves us further with the efforts of the Vestrit family to reclaim the fortunes which war and piracy have cost them, and raises interesting questions about the sources of even an attractive family's wealth. It is clear that the live ships Vivacia and Paragon were carved from husks which should have hatched dragons, that the attractive personalities of the figureheads are only pale shadows of the autonomous beings they might have been. Malta has freed the last of the real dragons from an underground prison, and he is not especially grateful. And the slave-liberating pirate Kennit, one of Hobb's richest creations, is ever more drawn to the darker side of his flawed nature in an attempt to hide from the secrets of his past. This is one of the most satisfying heroic fantasies of recent years, simply because it is about difficult choices and complex emotions. Hobb's tight plotting and fast-moving story-telling are fascinating in their own right, but are all the more so because they are actually about something. --Roz Kaveney

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Praise for The Liveship Traders series:

‘A truly extraordinary saga... the characterizations are consistently superb, and [Hobb] animates everything with love for and knowledge of the sea. If Patrick O’Brian were to turn to writing high fantasy, he might produce something like this.’
BOOKLIST

‘A wonderful book, by a writer at the height of her abilities’
J V Jones

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0553103237
• ISBN 13: 9780553103236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 581