Series: Book 1 in the Stormlord series
Rating: ****
Tags: EN-Fantasy, Lang:en
Summary
Shale is the lowest of the low-an
outcast from a poor village in the heart of the desert. In the
desert water is life, and currency, and Shale has none. But he
has a secret. It's the one thing that keeps h alive and may
save all the cities of the Quartern in the days to come. If it
doesn't get h killed first... Terelle is a slave fleeing a life
as a courtesan. She finds shelter in the home of an elderly
painter but as she learns the strange and powerful secrets of
his art she fears she may have traded a life of servitude for
something far more perilous... The Stormlord is dying in his
tower and there is no one, by accident or design, to take his
place. He brings the rain from the distant seas to his people.
Without a Stormlord, the cities of the Quartern will wither and
die. Their civilization is at the brink of disaster. If Shale
and Terelle can find a way to save themselves, they may just
save them all. Water is life and the wells are running
dry...