The Last Stormlord
core novel 2009 The Watergivers
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.77 (7,118 ratings, collected 2026-10-09) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780732289294 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
In the Quartern, a desert land of dying cities, water is life and currency, and the stormlord keeps everyone alive by bringing rain from the distant seas. Now the last stormlord, the Cloudmaster, is dying in his tower, and there is no heir: every promising young water-sensitive has died in troubling circumstances. Shale, the lowest of the low, an outcast boy from a poor village in the stony Gibber, has a secret talent for water that may save every city in the Quartern, if it does not get him killed first, and once he is found he becomes a prize in the struggle between the land's factions, because whoever commands a stormlord commands the water. Terelle, a slave fleeing a life as a courtesan, finds refuge with an old man who paints on water, and learns that his art is a dangerous magic.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Watergivers
- Series: The Watergivers core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Glenda Larke
Awards (verified)
- Aurealis Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2009: nominated; Finalist.
Notes
- From the series record (The Watergivers): Glenda Larke's desert fantasy of the Quartern, a land kept alive by stormlords who bring rain from the distant seas, and of Shale, an outcast with the power to become the next stormlord, and Terelle, a fugitive slave apprenticed to a painter whose art is a magic of water. Also called the Stormlord trilogy.
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 Watergivers: position 1 of 3: next Stormlord Rising (2010)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Glenda Larke
- Hachette Book Group (publisher)
- Library Supply NZ (HarperCollins Australia edition record)
- Hachette UK (publisher)
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