Description

The story moves far south of the Six Duchies to the bustling, socio-politically tense port of Bingtown. Bingtown’s elite Old Trader families survive by trading with the mysterious Rain Wilds via liveships—extraordinary vessels carved from a rare commodity called wizardwood. A liveship only “quickens” (awakens into a fully sentient, talking being) once three family members from successive generations have died upon its deck