The Liveship Traders, Book 2
Spectra
March 2000
On Sale: February 29, 2000
864 pages ISBN: 0553575643 EAN: 9780553575644 Mass Market Paperback Add to Wish List
In the second breathtaking volume of Robin Hobb's Liveship
Traders trilogy, a new tide of glory and terror sweeps
forward the story of the Vestrit clan, their liveship
Vivacia, and all who strive to possess her.
As
the ancient tradition of Bingtown's Old Traders slowly
erodes under the cold new order of a corrupt ruler, the
Vestrits anxiously await the return of their liveship--a
rare magic ship carved from sentient wizardwood, which bonds
the ships mystically with those who sail them. And Althea
Vestrit waits even more avidly, living only to reclaim the
ship as her lost inheritance and captain her on the high
seas. But the Vivacia has been seized by the ruthless
pirate captain Kennit, who holds Althea's nephew and his
father hostage. Althea and her onetime sea mate Brashen
resolve to liberate the liveship--but their plan may prove
more dangerous than leaving the Vivacia in Kennit's
ambitious grasp....