Liveship traders was a wonderfuly concieved story but I didnt really hold my interest for some reason. I went and read the first in that series - 'ship of magic' and then left them and went stright to Tawney man without even getting right to the end of it. Half way through the 'Golden Fool' (second book in the tawney man) the connection suddenly became VERY clear
and I quickly grabbed the liveship traders and skimmed through to read only the bits and pieces which were relevant
Sounds a bit all over the place and broken up but it really worked! Because Id read the first Liveship traders I was able to stop I the middle of the golden Fool and go -
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "OMG! WHAH? HUH? AH! THATS SO COOL! NOW I GET IT! WOW!"
hehee or something like that
the point of story is that its not strictly needed, but once you read the Tawny man and you have that information, it becomes more relevant and interesting. So if you are not really keen on Liveship Traders, read Tawny first and then give them a go afterwards, when there is something to hold you to the story
