Series: Book 1 in the Stormlord series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction
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 him alive and may save all the
cities of the Quartern in the days to come. If it doesn't get
him 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 ...