Argephontes I shall indeed speak the truth to you, for I am all for the truth and know not how to lie
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Buy This Book HERE.Ship of Magic is the first book in The Liveship Traders Trilogy. Hobb tells the story of the Vestrits, an “Old Trader” family from Bingtown. The Old Traders are merchant elite who sail the seas on liveships made from mysterious wizardwood. A liveship is a sentient being, given life by the absorbing of the memories of the family into its being. Pirates, sea serpents, slavery, politics, and even love weave the beginnings of an epic that grabs the fantasy genre by the balls and twists it into something bigger and far more wonderful (as if, I used to think, that were even possible). Robin Hobb has a knack for taking conventions, such as Good and Evil, and twisting them around a bit. Not so much that they aren’t there at all, but just enough to confuse the hell out of you. Most are familiar with the question, “Do the ends justify the means?” Robin Hobb turns that question inside out. Do the means justify the end? If you do good with evil intent, can you find redemption? I refuse to delve further than that, for fear of either giving away parts of the story or not having anything to say when I review the second book in the series, The Mad Ship. However, this book is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. More Info on Robin Hobb, who also writes as Meghan Lindholm, can be found here. | |||||||||
