The Mad Ship
The Liveship Traders, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Anne Flosnik
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By:
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Robin Hobb
About this listen
The second volume in this superb trilogy from the author of The Farseer trilogy continues the dramatic tale of piracy, serpents, love and magic.
Althea Vestrit has found a new home aboard the liveship Ophelia, but lives only to reclaim the Vivacia as her rightful inheritance. However, Vivacia has been captured by the pirate, ‘King’ Kennit, and is acquiring a keen bloodlust.
Bingtown becomes embroiled in a violent political upheaval against the corrupt Jamaillian leader, while the fading fortunes of the Vestrit family lead Malta deeper into the magical secrets of the mysterious Rain Wilds Traders.
Beyond Bingtown, enigmatic wood-carver Amber dreams of re-launching the Paragon, The Mad Ship, despite the history of death and despair that surrounds him.
Secrets will be revealed – secrets forgotten by sea serpents, hidden by the disfigured Wild Rain Traders, buried deep in wizardwood coffins – secrets with startling, dramatic consequences.
©2012 Robin Hobb (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedListeners also enjoyed...
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,368
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13,380
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 107,005
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 94,775
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Story5 out of 5 stars 94,689
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Critic reviews
“Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers… what makes her novels as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics” (The Times)
“Assassin's Apprentice:A gleaming debut” (Publishers Weekly)
“Assassin's Quest: 'Assassin's Quest achieves a bittersweet, powerful complexity rare in fantasy” (Locus)
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- Raul
- 11-25-19
Fascinating to listen
Follow along this thrilling adventure and enjoy the realm Robin Hobb has created. It's thoroughly enjoyable!
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- Dragonfly
- 02-22-17
Brilliant story horrendous narrator
I am amazed that Robin Hobb would agree to Anne Flosnik being the narrator again after the disastrous narration of the first book! Beyond the narration this is a 5 star book! Robin Hobb has weaved a magnificent world that it is a privilege to get lost in. She is one of the best writers of our time.
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- Sophie
- 08-14-23
Loved every minute!
Binged the book in just a few days, simply couldn't stop listening! One of my all-time favorite fantasy series. Great story and characters and the performance really grows on you. I had some issues with the narrator at the start of book 1 but got over it real quick. Read it, you won't regret it!
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- marilyn
- 03-02-13
Just love Robin Hobbs work but not this narrator
This narrator seems to hang onto words particularly at the end of sentences. I will certainly
listen to series 2 but could wish for a different narrator.
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- Justin
- 08-27-17
Great book, great narration
Thank you both Robin and Anne. A great story with excellent narration. I can't imagine anyone else narrating this story in such a wonderfully compelling way.
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- Jim Sheils
- 07-19-14
The Epic Continues
What did you love best about The Mad Ship?
The Restoration of the Paragon.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No it is too big
Any additional comments?
Just as good as Ship of magic
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- bogdan s.
- 04-22-24
Great story !
The story is captivating and amazing !
But listening to this narator is a pain . Her range of voices is limited and its hard to figure out when charachters change, her inflexions are annoying, after a while you get used to it and it becomes bearable at 1.1x speed, but compared to the narators of The Farseer trilogy and The Tawny Man trilogy its a joke.
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- Sharon
- 09-16-18
Audio version is dreadful
This narrator is appalling! I mean seriously appalling. She reads as with no intonation other than elongating the last word of every sentence to extraordinary length. Then the voices she makes for the characters is just awful, I mean really awful.
Just read the book if you are able, the audio version is unlistenable
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