Ship of Magic

Valutazione 4.4
34 ore 2 min
The Liveship Traders
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Descrizione del libro

From the author of the classic Farseer trilogy, Ship of Magic is the first part of the Liveship Traders. Set in a land bordering the Six Duchies, Robin Hobb begins her epic of pirates, talking ships, magic, sea serpents, slave revolts, dashing heroes and bloody battles.

Wizardwood, a sentient wood. The most precious commodity in the world. Like many legendary wares, it comes only from the Rain River Wilds.

But how can one trade with the Rain Wilders, when only a liveship, fashioned from wizardwood, can negotiate the perilous waters of the Rain River? Rare and valuable, a liveship will quicken only when three members, from successive generations, have died on board. The liveship Vivacia is about to undergo her quickening, as Althea Vestrit’s father is carried on deck in his death-throes. Althea waits for the ship that she loves more than anything else in the world to awaken. Only to discover that the Vivacia has been signed away in her father’s will to her brutal brother-in-law, Kyle Haven. . .

Others plot to win, or steal, a liveship. The Paragon, known by many as the Pariah, went mad, turned turtle and drowned his crew. Now he lies, blind, lonely and broken on a deserted beach. But greedy men have designs to restore him, to sail the waters of the Rain Wild River once more.

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Parte:

1

Tempo Audiolibro:

34 ore 2 min

Lingue:

Inglese

Pubblicato:

30/8/2012

Editore Audiolibro:

HarperCollins UK

ISBN Audiolibro:

9780007504008

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Recensioni di Ship of Magic

Fantastisk bok, jag ser fram emot fortsättningen! Uppläsningen överdriven och i början mycket svår att lyssna på, men det blev bättre längre in i boken.

Lena

Especially in the first chapters, the reading is overly dramatic, read with an atmosphere of “foreboding”, even for everyday conversation. The audio is often clipped in a way that the last words of sentences are cut off sharply, often even in the middle. The different points of view flow together in the reading, making it hard to discern a change immediately. The story however is brilliant and saves this audiobook.

Arne Michael

Awesome story! Narration sounded like the ends of the words were quite often cut short which was somewhat disturbing.

Päivi

A great book, that draws you in, but the recording was bad. Reader is quite nice, but there were words cut off and no pauses in between changing perspective, so you'd be confused and annoyed at times.

Oona-Kaisa