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The Bone Ships

by R.J. Barker

British Fantasy Award for Best Novel · 2023 · ShortlistBritish Fantasy Award for Best Novel · 2020 · ShortlistBritish Fantasy Award for Best Novel · 2019 · Winner
OrbitsffISBN 9780356514055

Award History

AwardYearStatus
British Fantasy Award for Best Novel2023Shortlist
British Fantasy Award for Best Novel2020Shortlist
British Fantasy Award for Best Novel2019Winner

About This Book

A disgraced ship's captain leads a crew of criminals on an impossible mission—find and kill a sea dragon—in this sweeping naval fantasy set in a world where the bones of sea creatures are the most precious material.

About the Author

R.J. Barker is a British author of epic fantasy known for the Wounded Kingdom trilogy and the Tide Child trilogy. He was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel for The Bone Ships (2020), the first Tide Child novel. Read more →

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