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1、ShipofMagicbyRobinHobbBookOneoftheLiveshipTradersTrilogyABantamSpectraBook/March1998Allrightsreserved.Copyright©1998byRobinHobb.BookdesignbyLisaStokesCoverartcopyright©1998byStephenYoull.JacketdesignbyJamieS.WarrenYoullLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-P
2、ublicationDataHobb,Robin.Shipofmagic/RobinHobb.p.cm.-(Liveshiptraders;bk.1)ISBN0-553-10324-5BantamBooks,1540Broadway,NewYork,NewYork10036.VisitBantam'swebsiteatwww.bantam.com/spectraDescription:NotfarfromtheSixDuchiesliesBingtown,hubofexotictradeandho
3、metoamerchantnobilityfamedforitsliveships-rarevesselscarvedfromwizardwood,whichripensmagicallyintosentientawareness.Bingtown'sOldTraders,theirwealtherodedbynorthernwarsandtherapacityofsouthernpirates,nowfaceaninfluxofupstartmerchantswhobringchangetoac
4、omplexsociety.TheVestritfamily'sonlyhopeofrenewedprosperityistheVivacia,aliveshiptheyhavenurturedforthreegenerations.Now,asoldCaptainVestritliesdyinginBingtown,theVivaciacutshomewardthroughthewaves,abouttoquickenintoalivingbeing.TheshipcarriesVestrit'
5、sdaughterAltheaandtheconnivingson-in-lawhehasnamedastheVivaciasnextcaptain.Butlovely,wild-spiritedAlthea,sailingtheVivaciawithherfathersincechildhoodandsharingitshalf-awakenedmemoriesandoceansecrets,hasbondedwiththeshipinherdeepestsoul.JoinedbyBrashen
6、-herfather'sfirstmate,nowdemotedbytheVivacia'snewcommander-shewillstopatnothinginabitterquesttoclaimitscaptaincy.Meanwhile,intherockycaysknownasthePirateIsles,aruthlessmanlustsafterhisownkindofpower.ThepiratecaptainKennit,inhisschemetobekingofthisoutl
7、awrealm,hasvowedthathewillwrestaliveshipfromitsownersandturnittohisownuse.Histwistedambitionwillbringhimintoastrangepartnershipwithaboy-priestturnedseaman-andintoviolentconflictwiththewizardwoodmagicofAltheaandBrashen.FromthepeculiarmagicrealmoftheOth
8、erstothebawdy,raucouslairofthepirates,ShipofMagicsweepsadazzlingcastofcharactersintoanepicofterriblebeautyandmysterioussorcery.THISONEISFORTheDevil'sPawTheTotemTheEJBruceTheFreeLunchTheLabrador(Scales!Scales!)The(aptlynamed)MassacreBayTheFaith
