From the author of the classic Farseer trilogy Ship of Magic is the first part of the Liveship Traders. Set in a land bordering the Six Duchies Robin Hobb begins her epic of pirates talking ships magic sea serpents slave revolts dashing heroes and bloody battles.Wizardwood a sentient wood. The most precious commodity in the world. Like many legendary wares it comes only from the Rain River Wilds.But how can one trade with the Rain Wilders when only a liveship fashioned from wizardwood can negotiate the perilous waters of the Rain River? Rare and valuable a liveship will quicken only when three members from successive generations have died on board. The liveship Vivacia is about to undergo her quickening as Althea Vestrit’s father is carried on deck in his death-throes. Althea waits for the ship that she loves more than anything else in the world to awaken. Only to discover that the Vivacia has been signed away in her father’s will to her brutal brother-in-law Kyle Haven. . .Others plot to win or steal a liveship. The Paragon known by many as the Pariah went mad turned turtle and drowned his crew. Now he lies blind lonely and broken on a deserted beach. But greedy men have designs to restore him to sail the waters of the Rain Wild River once more.Robin Hobb the Sunday Times bestselling author brings to life a world of mythical creatures and dragons in this historical fantasy. The dark and epic narrative of the story has made it a bestseller in the fantasy genre.For fans of Brandon Sanderson (The Well of Ascension) John Gwynne (The Hunger of the Gods) Patrick Rothfuss (Unfettered) James Islington (The Will of the Many) and Scott Lynch (The Republic of Thieves).

Part of the The Liveship Traders series.