Below her, Reyn and Selden have been left to drown, while Malta and the Satrap attempt to navigate the acid flow of the river in a decomposing boat. The dragon, Tintaglia, released from her wizardwood coffin, flies high over the Rain Wild River. I didn't think that was possible' GEORGE RR MARTIN The triumphant conclusion to the magnificent Liveship Traders series.
So it’s a problem for me, although I am still certainly enjoying rereading the novel.Description for Ship of Destiny (The Liveship Traders) Paperback. Admittedly, any narrative is contrived to some extent, but there is a feeling of rushedness that strikes me–and I tend not to like it, even in Hobb’s work. Too, as in some earlier chapters, there is something of the romance novel or soap opera about the present chapter it’s not quite to the level of deus ex machina, having been foregrounded, but it does seem…convenient. As in some earlier chapters, there is enough happening, and it is divided into enough brief sections, that the narrative threads begin to become entangled–but that is appropriate enough in a depiction of combat, which by its nature resists effective re-presentation.
It makes sense that a chapter titled identically with the book would serve as a narrative pivot–and things do seem to have pivoted for many of the characters in the present chapter. Althea marvels as the Paragon pulls up alongside and pursuit begins, both liveships following after Kennit. The Satrap is taken amid the fracas, and Kennit pursues onto the Jamaillian decks. Melee is joined, complicated by the sudden arrival of the Paragon and Brashen’s crew into the tumult. The Satrap offers information about the coming party, but is interrupted by a perfidious attack. Kennit seems to, as well, as he orders the Jamaillian delegation brought aboard. Meanwhile, Althea also comes above and assist with the Satrap the ship marks her hatred for Kennit. He intuits that they are romantically involved. Reyn ventures above deck and observes Malta attending the Satrap.
Their exchange is tense, terse, but it serves well enough. Malta, meanwhile, muses on Reyn as she attends on the Satrap Kennit assigns Etta to assist her, and the two manage to make the Satrap presentable as Malta considers continued changes to her own situation. When they leave him to dress, he muses on the changes to his body and guesses at the current political situation. Below, Reyn wakes in the company of Althea and Jek, Malta having been summoned. Kennit is jolted from his reverie by his first mate, plotting how to turn the situation to his advantage.
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