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The Mad Ship

(The Liveship Traders #2)

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The Farseer trilogy continues the dramatic tale of piracy, serpents, love and magic. The Vestrit family's liveship, Vivacia, has been taken by the pirate king, Kennit. Held captive on board, Wintrow Vestrit finds himself competing with Kennit for Vivacia's love as the ship slowly acquires her own bloodlust. Leagues away, Althea Vestrit has found a new home aboard the lives ...more
Mass Market Paperback, 906 pages
Published February 4th 2008 by Harper Voyager (first published March 1999)

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Burke I think the second one is significantly better. I completely agree with you that most characters seemed whiny in the first book. Be warned, this one a…moreI think the second one is significantly better. I completely agree with you that most characters seemed whiny in the first book. Be warned, this one also starts out with quite a bit of whining but a few of the characters turn it around. The story lines are also more interesting, there's just more stuff going on to be frank(less)
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