The bone ship's wake / RJ Barker.

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The bone ship's wake

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"Joron Twiner's dreams of freedom lay shattered. His Shipwife is gone and all he has left is revenge. Leading the black fleet from the deck of Tide Child, he takes every opportunity to hurt the Hundred Isles he is given. But his time is limited. His fleet is shrinking, the Keyshan's Rot is running through his body, and he hiding from a prophecy that says he and the avian sorcerer, the Windseer will end the entire world. But the Sea Dragons have returned, a miracle in itself, and who is to say that if you can have one miracle, there cannot be another?"--

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English

ISBN - ISSN:

9780316488051

0316488054

Physical Description:

577 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.

General Note:

Sequel to: Call of the bone ships.

Includes Extras section with Meet the author; an excerpt from Legacy of ash by Matthew Ward; an excerpt from The unbroken by C.L. Clark (pages 551-577).

Subject:

Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction.

Ship captains -- Fiction.

Sea monsters -- Fiction.

FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure.

FICTION / Fantasy / Dragons & Mythical Creatures.

FICTION / Fantasy / Epic.

Novels.

Romans.

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Tide child trilogy ;

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Summary

"A vividly realized high-seas epic that pulls you deep into its world and keeps you tangled there until the very last word." --Evan Winter

The tale of the Tide Child comes to an end in The Bone Ship's Wake, a brilliantly imagined saga of honor, glory, and warfare by British Fantasy Award-winning author, RJ Barker.

Joron Twiner's dreams of freedom lay shattered. His Shipwife is gone and all he has left is revenge. Leading the black fleet from the deck of Tide Child, he takes every opportunity to hurt the Hundred Isles he is given. But his time is limited.

His fleet is shrinking, the Keyshan's Rot is running through his body, and he hiding from a prophecy that says he and the avian sorcerer, the Windseer will end the entire world.

But the Sea Dragons have returned, a miracle in itself, and who is to say that if you can have one miracle, there cannot be another?

Praise for the Tide Child Trilogy:

"Brilliant." --Robin Hobb

"Excellent. One of the most interesting and original fantasy worlds I've seen in years." --Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author

The Tide Child Trilogy

The Bone Ships

Call of the Bone Ships

The Bone Ship's Wake

For more from RJ Barker, check out:

The Wounded Kingdom

Age of Assassins

Blood of Assassins

King of Assassin s

Author Notes

RJ Barker is a softly-spoken Yorkshireman with flowing locks. He lives in the frozen north with his wife and son, and divides his time between writing and looking after his son.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Barker triumphantly sends out the Tide Child trilogy (after Call of the Boneships) with ship captain Meas Gilbryn's final attempt to bring peace to her watery world where the only material strong enough to build warships is the bones of sea dragons long believed to be extinct. Meas hoped that she could help the rival military powers of the Hundred Isles and the Gaunt Islands come to their senses. But her efforts are for naught when the sea dragons reappear, sparking a ruthless aquatic arms race. As Meas is captured and tortured for the secret to summoning these dragons, her loyal subordinate Joron Twiner commands her ship, The Tide Child, through perilous waters in search for her. It's Joron who's able to summon sea dragons, though he's afraid to use this power because he and his alien, birdlike friend the Gullaime both believe in a prophecy foretelling that the return of the dragons will lead to "death and destruction for all." The story's maritime action rivals Patrick O'Brian's in meticulous detail, but the overall atmosphere is much more Wagnarian, full of operatic sturm und drang. The combination really shouldn't work, but Barker pulls it off with distinction. Agent: Ed Wilson, Johnson & Alcock Literary. (Oct.)

Booklist Review

Ending the violence of their world's never-ending war between the two island nations is still the goal that Maes, the Shipwife and princess of the Hundred Isles, and Joron, second-in-command and Caller, are working toward. Already a complex idea, it has become much more complicated. Maes has been taken captive, and is being tortured for information related to raising the sea dragons. Her jailers believe that she has this power, and this might be the only thing keeping her alive. Joron is leading the armada in Maes' absence. He is neither the leader nor the military strategist that Maes is, which is causing the other ships' Shipwifes to doubt him and fight the mantle of his leadership. He is driven by his loyalty to Maes and their cause to continue their work, as much as he is able. Dismantling a society is not an easy task, further muddled by the return of the sea dragons in high numbers. Obstacles continue to arise for the characters, but how they overcome them is what will keep readers reading.