The Water Between the Worlds
core novel 2008 The Leviathan of Babylon
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  HE |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.07 (60 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 313 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9789650716103 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The Water Between the Worlds, published by Hagar Yanai in 2008, continues the Leviathan of Babylon trilogy, following Jonathan and Ella Margolis deeper into the alternate mythological reality first opened to them in the earlier book. Having crossed once into the Empire of Babylon and its world of physician-priests and old gods, the siblings find themselves drawn back across the boundary between their own world and this other one, a passage that proves to carry consequences neither of them fully anticipated the first time. As the empire's priesthood continues to guard against the stirring of the Leviathan, Jonathan and Ella must navigate a mythological landscape that grows stranger and more dangerous the further they travel from anything familiar, their own fates increasingly entangled with the fate of the realm they have twice now entered uninvited.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Leviathan of Babylon
- Series: The Leviathan of Babylon core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Hagar Yanai
Awards (verified)
- Geffen Award (Best Original Hebrew Fantasy), 2008: won; Won for The Water Between the Worlds.
Notes
- From the series record (The Leviathan of Babylon): A complete Hebrew-language fantasy trilogy following siblings Jonathan and Ella Margolis into a parallel Empire of Babylon ruled by a magical guild, drawing on Jewish, Babylonian, and wider Middle Eastern mythology; every volume won the Geffen Award for Best Original Hebrew Fantasy.
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 Leviathan of Babylon: position 2 of 3: previous The Leviathan of Babylon (2006) · next The Journey to the Heart of the Abyss (2017)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Hagar Yanai
- Simania catalog record: The Leviathan of Babylon, book 1
- Simania catalog record: The Leviathan of Babylon, book 3
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