{"product_id":"ship-of-magic-the-liveship-traders-book-1-9780553103243","title":"Ship of Magic (The Liveship Traders  Book 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobin Hobbs acclaimed Farseer trilogy--Assassins Apprentice  Royal Assassin  and Assassins Quest--wove a spellbinding tale of magic  passion  and glory. Now  in the first book of a new trilogy set in the same world  she tells the magnificent story of a proud seafaring clan and the enchanted ships that carry them on far-flung  ferocious tides....  Not far from the Six Duchies lies Bingtown  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. Bingtowns Old Traders  their wealth eroded by northern wars and the rapacity of southern pirates  now face an influx of upstart merchants who bring change to a complex society.  The Vestrit familys only hope of renewed prosperity is the Vivacia  a liveship they have nurtured for three generations. Now  as old Captain Vestrit lies dying in Bingtown  the Vivacia cuts homeward through the waves  about to quicken into a living being. The ship carries Vestrits daughter Althea and the conniving son-in-law he has named as the Vivacias next captain.  But lovely  wild-spirited Althea  sailing the Vivacia with her father since childhood and sharing its half-awakened memories and ocean secrets  has bonded with the ship in her deepest soul. Joined by Brashen--her fathers first mate  now demoted by the Vivacias new commander--she will stop at nothing in a bitter quest to claim its captaincy.  Meanwhile  in the rocky cays known as the Pirate Isles  a ruthless man lusts after his own kind of power. The pirate captain Kennit  in his scheme to be king of this outlaw realm  has vowed that he will wrest a liveship from its owners and turn it to his own use. His twisted ambition will bring him into a strange partnership with a boy-priest turned seaman--and into violent conflict with the wizardwood magic of Althea and Brashen.  From the peculiar magic realm of the Others to the bawdy  raucous lair of the pirates  Ship of Magic sweeps a dazzling cast of characters into an epic of terrible beauty and mysterious sorcery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651820052533,"sku":"ByrdShop_0553103245","price":87.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780553103243.jpg?v=1781841062","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ship-of-magic-the-liveship-traders-book-1-9780553103243","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}