Ship of Destiny

New York, NY: Bantam: Spectra. Near Fine. 2001. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Paperback. First Edition Thus (2001) . First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging; the binding leans ever so slightly; else flawless; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the the noted minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Very close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 16mo (6.9 x 4.25 x 1.35 inches). Language: English. Weight: 14 ounces. Mass Market Paperback. Robin Hobb concludes her nautical fantasy epic with Ship of Destiny, set in the world of her Farseer series. It lives up to its predecessors, Ship of Magic and Mad Ship in every the characters continue to develop, the plot moves swiftly, and the setting is vividly realized. Again, three generations of Vestrit women are at the heart of the story. Robin Hobb is the pen name of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born March 5, 1952; née Lindholm) , as known by another pen name, Megan Lindholm. Hobb is an American writer of speculative fiction. As Robin Hobb, she is best known for her fantasy novels set in the Realm of the Elderlings, which comprise the Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies, the Rain Wild chronicles, and the Fitz and the Fool trilogy. As of 2018, her fiction has been translated into 22 languages and sold more than 4 million copies. Born in California, she grew up in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest and married a mariner at age eighteen. The Alaskan wilderness and the ocean have been prominent aspects of her life, influencing her writing. After an early career in short fiction, at age thirty Lindholm published her first novel while working as a waitress and raising children. The first work to bring her recognition was the 1986 novel Wizard of the Pigeons, a liminal fantasy set in Seattle. A forerunner of the urban fantasy genre, it received praise for her depiction of understated magic and poverty. Her science fiction novella "A Touch of Lavender" was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. While well-received critically, her work under the nom-de-plume Lindholm did not sell well and she began writing under the name Robin Hobb in 1995. She achieved commercial success with her debut work under this pseudonym, the Farseer trilogy. An epic fantasy told as a first-person retrospective, it has been described as a character-driven and introspective work. Hobb went on to write four further series set in the Realm of the Elderlings, which received praise from critics for her characterization, and in 2005 The Times described her as "one of the great modern fantasy writers". Through her writing, Hobb explores otherness, ecocentrism, queerness, and gender as themes. She concluded the Elderlings series in 2017 and won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2021. ; The Liveship Traders; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 789 pages .