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Whisper of Waves (Forgotten Realms: Watercourse #1)
by
Philip Athans (Goodreads Author)
The Wizard - Pleged to the Red Wizards of Thay from boyhood, he will do anything for anyone who can give him more power. In a twisted dimension outside the walls of time and space, he plots and plans.
The Senator - A genasi, he has fought his way up from the gutter and will never go back. Amid the tangled streets of Innarlith, he mixes ambition with thoughts of vengeance.
Th...more
The Senator - A genasi, he has fought his way up from the gutter and will never go back. Amid the tangled streets of Innarlith, he mixes ambition with thoughts of vengeance.
Th...more
ebook, 320 pages
Published
April 21st 2010
by Wizards of the Coast
(first published November 1st 2005)
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I picked the book up fully expecting it to be the worst book I'd ever read. The omens were good. The same author's Baldur's Gate had held that position with distinction for over a decade, and this one was to be a retelling of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, which should take the work beyond mere clumsy prose, profound ignorance of source material and fight scenes that slipped in their own gore.
Alas, I was to be disappointed. I don't mean that Whisper of Waves was any good, but it somehow avoided be...more
Alas, I was to be disappointed. I don't mean that Whisper of Waves was any good, but it somehow avoided be...more
Whisper of Waves is the first book in a new trilogy set in Forgotten Realms. The entire story takes place in the city of Innarlith which is situated on the Lake of Steam and it revolves around four major characters and their dealings in the city. The Red Wizard Marek was sent to Innarlith to build up a store of magical items and to start and eliminate any potential rivals. However, Marek has other ideas and starts amassing an army of custom bred Firedrakes in preparation to make some major chang...more
The first novel in the Watercourse trilogy, I enjoyed the book fairly well, even though Philip Athans isn't my favorite author. I've played AD&D in the Forgotten Realms setting, and so have a soft spot in my heart for novels in the same setting. If you're a Forgotten Realms novels fan, you need to read it, of course, simply for the sake of completeness :)
This is one of the best realms books I've read in a long time!
I think that Phillip Athans is quickly becoming my favorite author in the forgotten realms genre.
I took place in a city I'd never read about before. He did an excellent job of filling it with realistic history and gave it a great, dark feel.
Every character was full of depth and mystery. And I was really impressed with the fact that there were no real "hero" characters. I mean, there is definitely a guy I was rooting for, but he is in...more
I think that Phillip Athans is quickly becoming my favorite author in the forgotten realms genre.
I took place in a city I'd never read about before. He did an excellent job of filling it with realistic history and gave it a great, dark feel.
Every character was full of depth and mystery. And I was really impressed with the fact that there were no real "hero" characters. I mean, there is definitely a guy I was rooting for, but he is in...more
It's a very good book. However, it could be titled the fountainhead with wizards and sea monsters.
Apr 10, 2013
Cheryl Wronka
marked it as to-read
Apr 04, 2013
George
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Philip Athans is the New York Times best-selling author of Annihilation and more than a dozen other fantasy and horror books including The Guide to Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction, Completely Broken, Arron of the Black Forest, Book I: The Haunting of Dragon's Cliff (with Mel Odom), Tales From The Fathomless Abyss and How to Start Your Own Religion.
Born in Rochester, New York he grew up in su...more
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