Ship of Destiny
core novel 2000 Realm of the Elderlings
Record
| First published | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.35 (96,868 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 789 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553103236 |
Synopsis
Ship of Destiny is the concluding novel of the Liveship Traders Trilogy. Bingtown struggles to unite its fractured merchant factions while defending itself against outside invasion, a newly freed dragon emerges in the Rain Wilds with consequences no one fully anticipates, and pirates aboard sentient liveships navigate shifting power struggles and increasingly complex personal loyalties. As Althea, Wintrow, Kennit, and the rest of the Vestrit family's allies and rivals are all drawn toward the same converging crisis, the plotlines of politics, maritime adventure, and ancient dragon magic build toward the trilogy's climax, with the fate of Bingtown, the liveships, and the family itself all hanging in the balance.
Where it sits
- Universe: Realm of the Elderlings
- Series: Liveship Traders Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Robin Hobb
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Liveship Traders Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous The Mad Ship (1999)
Sources
← Realm of the Elderlings dossier · All universes
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