![]() ![]() Themes of family and identity dominate a story line that is both intimate and world-spanning. In poignant counterpoint, transgender warrior Rubric Verdigris struggles with his conscience and what it means to be a man. Jasper's brother, Sandmaster Ravard, is killing every rainlord he can find even targeting Jasper in hopes of bringing back the Time of Random Rain. His waterpainter lover, Terelle, wants to help, but a magical compulsion draws her away. Lord Jasper Bloodstone, once a commoner, is the last surviving cloudmaster, but he is unable to manipulate salt water. In the desert-dry Quartern nation, only a cloudmaster can keep people alive by calling the rains. ![]() Families are divided, heroes are made, and the fate of the world is decided in the exciting conclusion to Australian conservationist Larke's Watergiver trilogy (after 2010's Stormlord Rising). ![]()
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