![]() Robin Hobb's books are diamonds in a sea of zircons." -George R. Praise for Robin Hobb and the Liveship Traders Trilogy "Fantasy as it ought to be written. But her chief virtue is that she delineates character extremely well." - Interzone Hobb's] plotting is complex but tightly controlled, and her descriptive powers match her excellent visual imagination. one of the finest fantasy sagas to bridge the millennium." - Publishers Weekly "Rich, complex. Martin "A major work of high fantasy, reading like a cross between Tolkien and Patrick O'Brian. But the fate of the ship-and the Vestrits-may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider: the ruthless buccaneer captain Kennit, who plans to seize power over the Pirate Isles by capturing a liveship and bending it to his will. For Althea's young nephew, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard the ship, the Vivacia is a life sentence. ![]() For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy. Now the fortunes of one of Bingtown's oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia. ![]() ![]() ![]() The characterizations are consistently superb, and Hobb] animates everything with love for and knowledge of the sea."- Booklist Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships-rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |