Description: This second volume in "The Liveship Traders" trilogy returns readers to the timeless city of Bingtown, where pirates plague the coasts. Althea Vestrit doesn't have time to be afraid, for her family's newly awakened Liveship has been seized by the ruthless pirate Kennit. She hatches a bold plan, but to carry it out, she must recruit a Liveship that already has slain two crews and is said to be insane.
Review Quotes: "A major work . . . reads like a cross between Tolkien and Patrick O'Brian."--Publishers Weekly
"[Robin] Hobb displays a wonderful imagination. . . . This should delight fans of the first
installment."--Kirkus Reviews