' Awesome, why can't they make THIS a tv series? That I would to see! ' - Amber Lamont, Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.The plot is compelling, and the setting-well, I have a thing for books set aboard ships, and if it is a magical living ship made of something called wizardwood, that makes it all the better.' The characters are really interesting, not cliches-I particularly enjoy Wintrow-and even Kyle Haven has some sympathetic moments. 'I liked the FitzChivalry books a lot, but if this first book is any indication, this series is even better, ranking right next to Game of Thrones. The ruthless pirate Kennit seeks a way to seize power over all the denizens of the Pirate Isles.and the first step of his plan requires him to capture his own liveship and bend it to his will. For Althea's young nephew Wintrow, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard ship, Vivacia is a life sentence.īut the fate of the Vestrit family-and the ship-may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider. The fortunes of one of Bingtown's oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia.įor Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy unjustly denied her-a legacy she will risk anything to reclaim.

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.

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb