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core novel 1996 The Watershed Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.76 (308 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441003334 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The mountains of the Watershed divide the world into three provinces: Dalethica, where ordinary people live, Faerine, home of a good magic called Aura, and Duloth-Trol, the source of an evil magic called Darkblood. Dassedec, the evil god who rules Duloth-Trol, keeps trying to extend his power over the whole world. The mountaineer Rudy Appenfell drank water from all three provinces at once, and he has become the Man of Three Waters, a magical warrior able to unite those who stand against Dassedec. In this second volume he and his allies must gather their strength and decide how to oppose a god whose forces are growing and whose creatures now move freely across the borders.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Watershed Trilogy
- Series: The Watershed Trilogy core; position 2 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 2 of 3: previous A Breach in the Watershed (1995) · next War of Three Waters (1997)
Sources
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