{"product_id":"ship-of-destiny-book-robin-hobb-9780593724323","title":"Ship of Destiny","description":"\u003cb\u003eA truly extraordinary saga . . . The characterizations are consistently superb, and  Hobb] animates everything with love for and knowledge of the sea.--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Bingtown slides toward disaster, clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit, branded a traitor, searches for a way to bring the city's inhabitants together against a momentous threat. Meanwhile, Althea Vestrit, unaware of what has befallen Bingtown and her family, continues her perilous quest to track down and recover her liveship, the \u003ci\u003eVivacia, \u003c\/i\u003efrom the ruthless pirate Kennit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bold though it is, Althea's scheme may be in vain. For her beloved \u003ci\u003eVivacia \u003c\/i\u003ewill face the most terrible confrontation of all as the secret of the liveships is revealed. It is a truth so shattering, it may destroy the \u003ci\u003eVivacia \u003c\/i\u003eand all who love her, including Althea's nephew, whose life already hangs in the balance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Robin Hobb and the Liveship Traders Trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb's books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.\u003cb\u003e--George R. R. Martin \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A major work of high fantasy, reading like a cross between Tolkien and Patrick O'Brian . . . one of the finest fantasy sagas to bridge the millennium.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rich, complex . . .  Hobb's] plotting is complex but tightly controlled, and her descriptive powers match her excellent visual imagination. But her chief virtue is that she delineates character extremely well.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eInterzone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50670678016273,"sku":"CIN0593724321G","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50814764220689,"sku":"CIN0593724321VG","price":18.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51189087568145,"sku":"NIN9780593724323","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52956644049169,"sku":"CIN0593724321A","price":11.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0593724321.jpg?v=1751293897","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/ship-of-destiny-book-robin-hobb-9780593724323","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}