Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Liveship Traders (Series) by Robin Hobb

The Liveship Traders Books by Robin Hobb
Book 1: Ship of Magic, 667 pages
Book 2: Mad Ship, 656 pages
Book 3: Ship of Destiny, 592 pages

The Liveship Traders is a trilogy of novels tracing the trials of the Vestrit trader family in Robin Hobb's Farseer fantasy universe. The title of the series comes from one of the setting's unique features: Liveships, living vessels with sapient, animate figureheads. Think Pirates of the Caribbean meets Herbie Goes Bananas. A great cross between fantasy and nautical fiction, though some of the family dynamics that make the first book compelling come through somewhat muted in the last.

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