![]() ![]() 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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