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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:Liveship3.jpg|thumb|2008 UK reprint cover of Ship of Magic by [[Jackie Morris]].]]
[[Image:Us-new-som-pb.jpg|thumb|2014 US reprint cover of Ship of Magic 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]].
==Dedication==
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arc-som-uk.jpg|UK uncorrected proofs
USShipMagicAusio.jpg|US audiobook
Liveship3.jpg|2008 UK paperback
uk-som-audio.jpg|UK audiobook
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