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Children's Fiction

Ship Kings: The Voyage of the Unquiet Ice by Andrew McGahan

by Clare Kennedy
March 2013, no. 349

Ship Kings: The Voyage of the Unquiet Ice by Andrew McGahan

Allen & Unwin, $22.99 hb, 379 pp, 9781742378220

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The second in the Ship Kings series has a cinematic feel and shares the first-rate quality of the first book. Set in a fantasy world where island folk live in unsettled peace under the ruling mariner class, it continues the tale of Dow Amber as he sets off on a sailing adventure aboard the battleship Chloe. He and the unusual scapegoat girl Ignella are the only outsiders aboard the Ship Kings’ vessel as it embarks on a voyage into the northern icy seas, seeking the lost son of the Sea Lord.

 


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Ship Kings: The Voyage of the Unquiet Ice by Andrew McGahan

Allen & Unwin, $22.99 hb, 379 pp, 9781742378220

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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