- Fantasy, Fiction, Water, Magic
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 him alive and may save all the cities of the Quartern in the days to come.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Glenda Larke
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 704
- Publisher
- Orbit
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780316069151
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