Ebook {Epub PDF} The Waters Rising by Sheri S. Tepper

 · July – Sheri S. Tepper writes by ElsiePJaquez Leave a comment on July – Sheri S. Tepper writes “I just received a note from my agent telling me that Six Moon Dance and The Companions are going to be on 99 cent ebook. The Waters Rising is good, but not Sherri Tepper's best work. It tells the story of Xulai, the soul carrier for a foreign princess, trying to get back home. It is set mostly in a post-apocalyptic America that is substantially covered by rising waters. Aside from the immediate adventures, the story is about humanity trying to survive the coming flood/5(77). Waters Rising [Tepper, Sheri S.] on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Waters Rising.

"Sheri S. Tepper takes the mental risks that are the lifeblood of science fiction and all imaginative fiction." —Ursula K. Le Guin, Los Angeles Times Her first new novel since The Margarets, The Waters Rising marks the glorious return of the extraordinary Sheri S. Tepper, the award-winning contemporary master whom Locus has called, "one of sf's most distinctive voices.". The Waters Rising by Sheri S. Tepper My rating: 2 of 5 stars Initially, this book seems to be set in a different era, in a place that could possibly have been the world we know. There is little technology, clothing seems to be vaguely medieval, there's belief in curses and soul bearers, and there are dynastic issues regarding who rules what. The Waters Rising. Sheri S. Tepper. Harper Voyager, pp. $ (hardcover). ISBN Reviewed by Sara R. Tompson [This review originally appeared in Mythprint (#) in August ].

The Waters Rising is a loose sequel to Sheri Tepper’s novel A Plague of Angels (the two books share a protagonist, but pretty much stand alone). In a distant future where, after collapse, society has reverted to a medieval milieu, with added ‘magical’ phenomena (such as talking animals) courtesy of largely-forgotten science. The Waters Rising. Accompanied by her protectors, Great Bear and Precious Wind, and guided by the mysterious wanderer Abasio and his talking horse, Big Blue, the band begins a journey to this land across the western sea where the waters’ rising has long been expected. Their odyssey, fraught with peril and wonder, is long enough for plans to be made that are so strange, so audacious, that they are instantly dismissed; plans so potentially successful that an ancient killer must be awakened. The Waters Rising is good, but not Sherri Tepper's best work. It tells the story of Xulai, the soul carrier for a foreign princess, trying to get back home. It is set mostly in a post-apocalyptic America that is substantially covered by rising waters. Aside from the immediate adventures, the story is about humanity trying to survive the coming flood.