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Water & Storm Country (2000)

by David Estes(Favorite Author)

4.41 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

genre

Romance

series

Country Saga

review 1: I would say this is the best story in the Country Saga so far. I like how he incorporated the other characters from the other two books and wove them into this story which introduces more characters and worlds.I enjoyed the plight of both main characters as to how they had to choose whether to fight or not and against whom. Their inner struggle was enlightening.It is a different series from the Dwellers, but David was able to bring both worlds together at the end. I am so lookimg forward to the final installment in both series, the Earth Dwellers.
review 2: This is the last of Estes' Country trilogy , three books set in the same world as his Dweller series. The Dwellers books were written first, I think. The three Country books (Fire, Ice, Water and Storm count... moreries) stand more on their own. It's still best to read Fire Country first, but these books are clearly different worlds. And Estes is a master world builder.As long as you understand the premise --generations ago, a meteor destroyed civilization on the Earth's surface. Survivors gathered in giant underground caverns and son and on the surface in small, disparate groups above -- you can start with either trilogy. I vote for the Moon Dwellers, Estes' first book.All three country books are five-star reading, as are two of the Dweller books. The middle Dweller suffered from mid-trilogy syndrome but is still four-star. The Country books stand their because they take place in four different worlds with four different plot lines. the Dweller books are essentially one (very good) long novel.Water & Storm Country could easily be two separate books. The worlds interact somewhat but are just as different as those of Fire Country and Snow Country. I just think Estes wanted parallel trilogies. The people of Water Country often clash with the people of Storm Country over resources close to shore. They and the Storm people seem to be fighting over nothing but old grudges and pride. The lead Water Country character, Huck, is the son of the stern admiral of the Water fleet. His story is far more intertwined with that of Jade, a "bilge rat" -- one of the all-but-slaves who live in squalor below decks and do the worst work. She is a Fire Country person who was captured by Icers, then sold to Water Country. The interaction between Huck and Jade is far more important to this book than that between Huck and Sadie, the main character in Storm Country.Storm Country is the land adjacent to the waters. The focus of these people is their fights and their magnificent horses. Sadie's mother is a Rider, one of its warriors. When she is injured in an incursion against Ice Country leaders, Sadie blames her father, a "Seer" whose visions guide his people. Sadie also blames him for the death of her brother in a Water Country raid when both were young. Sadie's plot revolves around resolving that relationship, along with her growth as a Rider.Sadie and Huck's paths merge in a climactic battle. A short but key meeting between Sadie and Huck, prophesied by her father, ends propels us toward to final book in the two series, the Earth Dwellers.That book brings the Dweller people and the Country people together. It’s also very good, but that’s a topic of another review. less

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