Waterborn, The (Fantasy Novels (Del Rey Books))
Language: English
Published by Del Rey Books, 1999
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Del Rey Books Fantasy Novels (Del Rey Books) Waterborn, The (VG+) Manufacturer: Del Rey Books Product Line: Fantasy Novels (Del Rey Books) Type: Novel - Softcover Copyright Date: 1997 Author: J. Gregory Keyes Page Count: 370 Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is VG+. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description: Waterborn Softcover Novel.
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- Title
- Waterborn, The (Fantasy Novels (Del Rey Books))
- Author
- J. Gregory Keyes
- Publisher
- Del Rey Books
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Novel - Softcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0345396707
- ISBN 13
- 9780345396709
- Series
- Book 1 of 2: Chosen of the Changeling
Everywhere he touched, the River God held dominion. And in Nhol, the fabled city at the heart of the world, an emperor ruled as the living aspect of the god, presiding over the splendors and intrigues of a prosperous land and a glittering court.
Hezhi was an imperial princess; her blood carried the seeds of the River's power. When her favorite cousin disappeared, Hezhi searched throughout the sumptuous palace with its ghosts and priests, giants and courtiers, and frightening creatures of wizardry. And the magic within her began to grow; soon it must attract dangerous attention. Hezhi's anxious quest ripened into a desperate fight for her own life--a battle she could not hope to win alone.
Small wonder that the princess wished for a hero.
And far away, a hero's journey began...
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About the Author
To Greg, writing has always been the window through which his imagination is released. "The written word has been compelling to me since before I could read; my mother used to read to me, but it was when I realized that I myself could see stories in the ink of a book that I wanted to create such stories myself," Keyes said.
Years later, after Keyes had married Nell (a maker of jewelry whom he supported while she got her degree in metalworking), he began writing (not fiction, but a retelling of Southeastern Indian myths and legends produced in the hours after he returned from his mindless day job. Soon he earned an M.A. in anthropology at the University of Georgia at Athens and began teaching. His research expanded from the usual journals of eighteenth-century travelers and Franciscan monks, of killers and of scholars, to global folklore and mythology. Much of the material he read was unusable for his class, but the stored it away until it blossomed into a rich landscape on which he has painted his fabulous stories.
The Waterborn evolved from a world history class Keyes took as an undergraduate. The class discussion centered on civilizations, like Egypt and Mesopotamia, that arose from the organizational demands created by flood control and irrigation. Keyes's imagination began to race, until he was obsessed by a vision of a city upon a river that was actually, rather than metaphorically, alive. This city, as he dreamed it, had a dominating or even vaguely malevolent relationship with its "children." He held this powerful glimpse in this head for over twelve years until it forced itself onto the page and became The Waterborn.
In many fantasies, there is a circular movement to the stories. And Greg Keyes's life has imitated the genre in which he has chosen to write. At nine years old he read his first real science fiction book, Moon of Mutiny by Lester del Rey, in the shade of a hogan on the Navajo Indian reservation. From that first step he set out on what was to be his life's path. It is with no small amount of awe that he welcomes the publication by Del Rey Books of the first book of his trilogy. "The fabric of my world was woven from imagination. In my work, opposites attract. Between these two contradictory places a story sprang up and characters whom I could scarcely control were born to populate it." And this is just the beginning...
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