But greedy men have designs to restore him, to sail the waters of the Rain Wild River once more. Now he lies, blind, lonely and broken on a deserted beach.

The Paragon, known by many as the Pariah, went mad, turned turtle and drowned his crew. Others plot to win, or steal, a liveship. Only to discover that the Vivacia has been signed away in her father’s will to her brutal brother-in-law, Kyle Haven. The liveship Vivacia is about to undergo her quickening, as Althea Vestrit’s father is carried on deck in his death-throes.Īlthea waits for the ship that she loves more than anything else in the world to awaken. Set in the same sprawling fantasy world as her FitzChivalry Farseer novels, Robin Hobbs Liveship Traders trilogy unravels the story of a once-thriving city. 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. Seriously, dont listen to the haters and read it yourself/form your own opinion. There are characters from it in the third trilogy, too. Like many legendary wares, it comes only from the Rain River Wilds. Liveship Traders is fucking incredible, and is at least as good as the first or third trilogies. The most precious commodity in the world. Amber buys a shop in Bingtown, on Rain Wild Street, selling intriguing wood jewellery she carved herself. Surprisingly, this guise chosen by The Fool is female, thus raising doubts over The Fool's gender. 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. Amber is the guise under which The Fool operated in Bingtown during the events of the Liveship Traders trilogy. From the author of the classic Farseer trilogy, Ship of Magic is the first part of the Liveship Traders.

The liveship traders trilogy