Ship of Magic

Ship of Magic is the first book in Robin Hobb’s Liveship Traders Trilogy. Set in a land bordering the Six Duchies, this seafaring fantasy introduces us to a world of pirates, talking ships, magic, sea serpents, slave revolts, dashing heroes, and bloody battles. Bingtown, a hub of exotic trade, is home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships—rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. The fortunes of one of Bingtown’s oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia.