Stormlord, Book 1.

From the back cover:

Water is Life...

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 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 distand seas to his people. Without a Stormlord, the cities of Quartern wll 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...

Mailed to Shaunesay who selected it from the SFF VBB at BookObsessed

Received these awhile back, catching up on journaling. Thank you Elsi!

I really enjoyed this one, it definitely fit in with the seriously hot spring and summer we've had! Have already picked up book 2, and may look from some of her other series as well. It definitely ended on a cliffhanger and I had to go on to read the excerpt from the next book to see if who I was worried about made it, and I'm still not sure! ARGH!

Next stop KathyB who won this in my Fantasy and Sci-Fi Birthday Swap. Enjoy!

Received today from Shaunesay - thanks!

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