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Liveship Traders Trilogy Ser.: Mad Ship : The Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb (2000, Mass Market)

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Mad Ship : The Liveship Traders, Paperback by Hobb, Robin, ISBN 0553575643, ISBN-13 9780553575644, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In the exotic slave-trading city of Bingtown, Althea Vestrit's family Liveship, Vivacia, has been taken by the pirate Kennit, leading to a dangerous plan involving an insane Liveship

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The second novel in Robin Hobb's beloved Liveship Traders Trilogy "A major work . . . 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. And Althea Vestrit waits even more avidly, living only to reclaim the ship as her lost inheritance and captain her on the high seas. But the Vivacia has been seized by the ruthless pirate captain Kennit, who holds Althea's nephew and his father hostage. 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. "Imaginative and compelling."-- Library Journal Don't miss the magic of the Liveship Traders Trilogy: SHIP OF MAGIC - MAD SHIP - SHIP OF DESTINY

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Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0553575643
ISBN-13
9780553575644
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Book Title
Mad Ship : the Liveship Traders
Author
Robin Hobb
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy / Arthurian, Fantasy / Action & Adventure, Fantasy / Epic
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
864 Pages

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6.9in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
4.2in
Item Weight
14 Oz

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Series Volume Number
2
Reviews
Praise for Robin Hobb and the Liveship Traders Trilogy "Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb's books are diamonds in a sea of zircons." --George R. R. Martin "A truly extraordinary saga . . . The characterizations are consistently superb, and [Hobb] animates everything with love for and knowledge of the sea." -- Booklist "A major work of high fantasy, reading like a cross between Tolkien and Patrick O'Brian . . . one of the finest fantasy sagas to bridge the millennium." -- Publishers Weekly "Rich, complex . . . [Hobb's] plotting is complex but tightly controlled, and her descriptive powers match her excellent visual imagination. But her chief virtue is that she delineates character extremely well." -- Interzone, "A truly extraordinary saga...the characterizations are consistently superb, and [Hobb] animates everything with the love for 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, "A truly extraordinary saga...the characterizations are consistently superb, and [Hobb] animates everything with the love for 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
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Series
Liveship Traders Trilogy Ser.
Dewey Edition
21

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by tjcarey88Jun 15, 2010
Mad Ship
The second book (after Ship of Magic) in Hobbs's Liveship Traders trilogy solidifies the series's promise as a major work of high fantasy, reading like a cross between Tolkein and Patrick O'Brian. Protagonist Althea Vestrit is neither unrealistically beautiful nor mindlessly dauntless. She is a very human character who has her share of doubts as she undertakes to assemble a motley crew of allies (including her former lover, Brashen Trell) to take the blind, insane liveship Paragone to sea in search of the Vestrit family's liveship Vivacia. Meanwhile, Vivacia is enjoying a prosperous career as the flagship of pirate Captain Kennit. In spite of his peg leg, Kennit is a charismatic leader, with a genius for manipulation that his mistress Etta and his prisoner Wintrow Vestrit (Althea's nephew) seem ready to mistake for virtue. And in Bingtown, Wintrow's bratty sister, Malta, finally starts growing up when her family and town face ruin and she must take refuge in the Rain Wild forests. This second installment in the trilogy reveals the connections among liveships, the wizardwood used to build them, the sea serpents and the legendary Rain dragons. Apart from an overly long subplot concerning the feckless young Satrap, the novel is tightly written, with few passages not devoted to characterization, world building or action. Again, Hobb gives high fantasy a salty nautical spin that will please a great many readersRead full review
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by silvermineJan 16, 2019
Robin Hobb is an exceptionally gifted writer.
Robin Hobb is an exceptionally gifted writer. Great characters, amazingly detailed stories. This is the fourth of her trilogies I have read AND enjoyed. 😊
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by shirbo1813Nov 08, 2015
Great book
Spellbinding.
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by michaels_family...Jul 12, 2016
summer read
Fast great read in the realm of magical ships.
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