A Breach in the Watershed
core novel 1995 The Watershed Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.77 (457 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441002085 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The Watershed is a mountain range that divides the world into three lands. Dalethica is the ordinary country where humans live, Faerine is a hidden realm of good magic, and Duloth-Trol is the dark land ruled by the evil god Dassadec. After a thousand years of sleep, Dassadec plans to conquer the world. His servant Nicodareus persuades the human prince Garamis to climb the highest peak and bring back the Ice of Three Waters, which can break the illusions that keep humans out of Faerine and let an army invade. Rudy Appenfell, a young mountaineer who wants revenge on Garamis for his brothers, is drawn in, along with Danri, a digger from Faerine, and Raine, a warrior and scholar trained for a prophesied conflict.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Watershed Trilogy
- Series: The Watershed Trilogy core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Douglas Niles
Notes
- From the series record (The Watershed Trilogy): Three novels about a mountain-divided world and the war against the evil god Dassadec.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Watershed Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next Darkenheight (1996)
Sources
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