She has twice won an Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Readers’ Award.Ĭolor me impressed, just the first book in the Liveship Traders trilogy alone is already better than the entire Farseer trilogy.ĭon’t get me wrong, the Farseer trilogy certainly has its charm but the third book of the trilogy, Ass Quest, was a massive disappointment for me. She also writes as Megan Lindholm, and works under that name have been finalists for the Hugo award, the Nebula Award, and the Endeavor award. She and her husband Fred have three grown children and one teenager, and three grand-children. In addition to writing, her interests include gardening, mushrooming, and beachcombing. Robin Hobb lives and works in Tacoma, Washington, and has been a professional writer for over 30 years. Robin Hobb is the author of three well-received fantasy trilogies: The Farseer Trilogy (Assassin’s Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin’s Quest), The Liveship Traders Trilogy (Ship of Magic, Mad Ship and Ship of Destiny) and the Tawny Man Trilogy (Fool’s Errand, Golden Fool, and Fool’s Fate) Her current work in progress is entitled Shaman’s Crossing. There's too many good ones out there waiting to be found. A 4 star means I'm probably in trouble with my editor for missing a deadline because I was reading this book. A 3 star means that I've ignored friends to finish it and my sink is full of dirty dishes. So a 2 star from me means,yes, I liked the book, and I'd loan it to a friend and it went everywhere in my jacket pocket or purse until I finished it. If a book is so-so, it ends up under the bed somewhere, or maybe under a stinky judo bag in the back of the van. It's a good book that survives the reading process with me. I LIKED it! That means I read the whole thing, to the last page, in spite of my life raining comets on me. ** I am shocked to find that some people think a 2 star 'I liked it' rating is a bad rating. But greedy men have designs to restore him, to sail the waters of the Rain Wild River once more. Now he lies blind, lonely, and broken on a deserted beach. The Paragon, known by many as the Pariah, went mad, turned turtle, and drowned his crew.

Only to discover that the Vivacia has been signed away in her father’s will to her brutal brother-in-law, Kyle Haven.

Althea waits for the ship that she loves more than anything else in the world to awaken. The liveship Vivacia is about to undergo her quickening as Althea Vestrit’s father is carried on deck in his death-throes. Like many other legendary wares, it comes only from the Rain River Wilds.īut 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 most precious commodity in the world.

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