{"product_id":"9780553575651","title":"Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders Series #3)","description":"\u003cp\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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A truly extraordinary saga . . . The characterizations are consistently superb, and [Hobb] animates everything with love for and knowledge of the sea.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015056146672,"sku":"9780553575651","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780553575651_p0.jpg?v=1763717937","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780553575651","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}