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[[Image:Som us.jpg|thumb|Original US cover of Ship of Magic, art by [[Stephen Youll]].]]
[[Image:Shipofmagic.jpg|thumb|Original UK cover of Ship of Magic, art by [[John Howe]].]]
[[Image:Us-new-som-pb.jpg|thumb|2014 US reprint cover of Ship of Magic , art by [[Didier Graffet]].]]
[[Image:Som-morris.jpg|thumb|2015 UK reprint cover of Ship of Magic, art by [[Jackie Morris]].]]
'''Ship of Magic''' is the first book in the [[Liveship Traders trilogy]]. It is followed by [[Mad Ship, the|The Mad Ship]] and [[Ship of Destiny]]. Unline the precedeeding [[Farseer trilogy]], the story in the Liveship traders is told by multiple viewpoint characters. For Ship of Magic, these are the pirate captain [[Kennit]], the [[liveships]] [[Paragon]] and [[Vivacia]], the [[Vestrit]] family members [[Wintrow Vestrit|Wintrow]], [[Althea Vestrit|Althea]], [[Ronica Vestrit|Ronica]], [[Keffria Vestrit|Keffria]] and [[Malta Vestrit|Malta]], the [[Serpent|sea serpents]] [[Maulkin]], [[Shreever]] and [[Sessurea]] as well as [[Brashen Trell]], [[Kyle Haven]] and [[Etta]].
* An Australia/New Zealand '''trade paperback''' edition from HarperCollins in June 1998 with ISBN 0002256738 cover by John Howe.
* A '''US paperback''' edition from Bantam Spectra in February 1999 with ISBN 0553575635 with the Youll cover.
* A '''UK paperback''' edition from HarperCollins Voyager the 1st of March 1999 with ISBN 000649885X with the Howe cover. Reprints use cover art by Reprinted with a [[Jackie Morris]] since cover art featuring a single ship beginning in 2008.
* A '''"turtleback" library binding''' in January 2001 by Demco Media with ISBN 9780606192903.
* A '''UK trade paperback''' from Harper Voyager in April 2012 with ISBN 9780007459728 and the Morris cover.
* A '''US paperback''' reprint in 2014 with cover art from [[Didier Graffet]]with ISBN 9780553575637. Whether it uses * A '''UK paperback''' reprint in 2915 with new cover art by Jackie Morris, this time featuring the [[Raven flag]]. ISBN of previous US paperbacks is not yet known9780008117450.
* An '''ebook''' edition by Harper Voyager the 1st of September 2011 with ASIN: B005JE1JWK.
Liveship3.jpg|2008 UK paperback
uk-som-audio.jpg|UK audiobook
som-uk-audio.jpg|UK audiobook
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