She finds shelter in the home of an elderly painter but as she learns the strange and powerful secrets of his art she fears she may have traded a life of servitude for something far more perilous. Terelle is a slave fleeing a life as a courtesan. It's the one thing that keeps him alive and may save all the cities of the Quartern in the days to come. In the desert water is life, and currency, and Shale has none. Shale is the lowest of the low-an outcast from a poor village in the heart of the desert. Water is life and the wells are running dry. If Shale and Terelle can find a way to save themselves, they may just save them all. Their civilization is at the brink of disaster. Without a Stormlord, the cities of the Quartern will wither and die. He brings the rain from the distant seas to his people. The Stormlord is dying in his tower and there is no one, by accident or design, to take his place.
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