- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Legend (5 Jun 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 009966951X
- ISBN-13: 978-0099669517
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 727,091 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Princess Hezhi lives in the great city of Nhol. With clandestine help from friends, she investigates why various members of the royal family disappear at puberty. Is it an act of the gods? Meanwhile another teenager, Perkar, sets out on an odyssey which leads him down the great river to Nhol.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
First impressions: Wow, I read this book in two days, ploughed my way through it. I finally found something to quicken my jaded soul. From the sumptous descriptions of the palace, to the realistic depictions of life among the clans where god worship is a fact of life and covers all facets of existance. The societies that reach out and touch you with their realism. Characters who are heroes and yet act as *people* would. In all excellent.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In a genre of fairly stale themes, you tend to either get the great epic authors, the authors with fresh ideas and great imagination whether they execute that well or not, and lots of rubbish. Greg Keyes fits the second category perfectly with men such as James Stoddard - overall the two books are a little two-diemsional for my tastes in the way Monument is, but the ideas are certainly there and it's an extremely worthwhile read. Fantasy readers should investigate this because it's a refreshing read after the formulaic rubbish that tends to populate the shelves, and as an introduction to the author because he's now moved on to the larger scale epic fantasy books.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Refreshing and truly different, read it.
15 Jun 1998
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I happened upon this book in an unusual way, I met Greg and his wife Nell through a mutual friend and at the time of that meeting I was unaware that he was an author. Upon find out that he was an author, I endeavored to see what sort of writing he was capable of. I was then very surprised and pleased by Waterborn.
I have read many of the current fantasy novels available today and, to me, they all seem familiar. You have your warriors and wizards and some sort of non-human characters, usually an elf, dwarf, or such. But Mr. Keyes has created something truly different, and quite refreshing. Here we have various cultures of mankind trying to make a life for themselves in a world where the Gods are not only real they live in the same world. He characterization is fantastic, and the intertwining story a page-turner.
If you like fantasy novels but are getting tired of the same old story I would strongly suggest Waterborn you won't be disappointed.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
I hate you deeply Gregory Keys
19 Sep 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I was trying to write a five page essay on what my future career would be, but I had just checked out this book. I had gotten the book earlier that day say around 12 and my classes ended at 3 but after that all I did was read this book. I just couldn't stop reading it. The story wasn't the greatest ever, but it was very good and just about every chapter ended with some kind of cliffhanger. I kept telling myself that one more chapter and I would go off to write my paper, but it would end I'd start to leave the room and then'd realize I couldn't start writing untill I found out if the princess was going to jump off the roof plunging to her DOOM! The chapters that didn't end like that always had some new strange development that made you want to find out what would happen next; I can't go write now I don't know what will happen now that Perkar finaly met up with the giant and librarian. Then at 3 in the morning I eventually got to the end of the book. I still had an essay that was due tomorrow. DARN YOU GREGORY KEYS!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
The Waterborn
23 Dec 1999
Format:Hardcover
The Waterborn is an excellent book. It is one of the best books I've ever read, with its mixture of romance, adventure and fantasy all rolled into one it makes it the perfect book for almost anyone. With the exotic but bewitched princess Henzi, the valent hero Perker, his brave yet humble friend Ngangata, the ancient one Brother Horse and the gods such as Harka and the changling make it so you don't know if they will ever meet, survive or just what they will do next. So I recemend this book to anyone between the age of 12 and 100 to read this book and its sequel the Black god. Both by J. Gregory Keyes.
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