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Ship of Destiny
by Robin Hobb

Book Three of the Liveship Traders Trilogy

A Bantam Book / August 2000
All rights reserved.
Copyright ©2000 by Robin Hobb
Jacket illustration © Stephen Youll
Jacket design by Jamie S. Warren Youll
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hobb, Robin.
Ship of destiny / Robin Hobb.
p. cm. - (The liveship traders ; bk. 3)
ISBN 0-553-10323-7
Bantam Books, 1540 Broadway, New York, New York 10036.
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Description:
Robin Hobb has established herself as one of the masters of fantasy
fiction. And nowhere is that more apparent than in this powerful, poignant,
swashbuckling epic of treachery, heroism, and humanity. The rousing conclusion
to the Liveship Traders trilogy, Ship of Destiny is the spellbinding story of
a once-thriving city now reduced to a shambles by raging war and rampant
greed; of a glorious and mythic species on the brutal edge of extinction; and
of the Vestrits, the clan whose destiny is intertwined with both.
Ship of Destiny
Bingtown is a city under fire from forces within and without. While
accusations of conspiracy fly between the Old Bingtown Traders and the New,
invaders attack the harbor, trying to take the city for their own. Matriarch
Ronica Vestrit bears witness to the destruction, but she is not the type of
woman to simply surrender. Even as she finds herself branded a traitor, she
searches for a way to bring all the city's inhabitants together to stand
against the Chalcedean threat. But there is someone who cannot allow Ronica to
succeed, no matter what the cost.... Far out on the stormy seas, Althea
Vestrit, ignorant of all that has befallen Bingtown, continues her mission to
track down and recover her liveship Vivacia from the ruthless pirate Kennit.
Serving as the Paragon's second mate under Captain Brashen, she faces peril
beyond imagining...not just from her growing love for Brashen or their
reckless scheme to regain the Vivacia, but from the unpredictable vessel
Paragon himself, as he wrestles with his madness and plots his own deadly
brand of revenge.
Yet Althea's bold scheme may be in vain. For her beloved Vivacia will face
the most terrible confrontation of all as the secret of the liveships is
finally revealed. This is a truth so horrifying, so shattering, it may destroy
the Vivacia and all who love her, including the boy-priest Wintrow Vestrit,
whose life already hangs in the balance....
A triumph of imagination and masterful storytelling, Ship of Destiny is an
enthralling blend of intrigue and magic, drama and high fantasy. It is the