The Waters Rising, (Paperback)

from blodeuedd

This book was strange, but wondrous strange. But then all Tepper books I have read have been like that, she takes in things and turns into something utterly amazing and weird.First, yes it is book two, but book 1 does not have to be read to understand this book. The only person from book 1 around...

from comixminx

Not one of her best. Info-dumps, heroine who turns out to be good at / gifted at far too much. I did get quite engrossed as it went on but really could do with a fairish of cutting.

from BMorrisAllen

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 stor...

from cissa

A weird and yet well-thought-out world, and a really good and intricate plot. I liked the "casual" voice in most of the narrative, though I was less fond of somewhat random POV switching. It did strike me as, in some ways, the middle book of a trilogy- even though i don't think there's any such t...

from juniperSun

In a world which has been re-civilized after The Hot Times and The Big Kill and The Time When No One Moved Around, Xulai is soul-carrier for a dying princess. This tale starts with the meme of servant who has an important role in saving the world. The evil which threatens turns out to be somethin...