The Mad Ship

Dust jacket for each volume by John Howe. These copies are dinged more than books we usually sell as such. They are seriously discounted, and carry no rights. We’re pleased to announce that we'll be publishing The Liveship Traders Trilogy by legendary fantasy writer Robin Hobb. Our edition of Mad Ship will be printed in two colors throughout, with a full-color wraparound dust jacket, duotone endsheets, and dutone chapter head illustrations by John Howe. All of the elements for the third book in The Liveship Traders Trilogy are already complete. We expect to publish it in 2024, as well. Limited: 600 numbered copies, bound in clothLettered: 26, bradel bound copies, housed in a custom traycase

Mad Ship will be printed in two colors throughout, with a full-color wraparound dust jacket, duotone endsheets, and duotone chapter head illustrations by John Howe.

The second book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible.” Now in a glorious new edition!As the ancient tradition of Bingtown’s Old Traders slowly erodes under the cold new order of a corrupt ruler, the Vestrits anxiously await the return of their liveship—a rare magic ship carved from sentient wizardwood, which bonds the ships mystically with those who sail them. And Althea Vestrit waits even more avidly, living only to reclaim the ship as her lost inheritance and captain her on the high seas. But the Vivacia has been seized by the ruthless pirate captain Kennit, who holds Althea’s nephew and his father hostage. Althea and her onetime sea mate Brashen resolve to liberate the liveship—but their plan may prove more dangerous than leaving the Vivacia in Kennit’s ambitious grasp.