The Waterless Sea

The Waterless Sea
	First edition
Author	Kate Constable
Cover artist	Beth Norling
Country	Australia
Language	English
Series	The Chanters of Tremaris
Genre	Fantasy novel
Published	2003 (Allen & Unwin)
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	314 (US paperback edition)
ISBN	0-439-55481-0
OCLC	55535275
LC Class	PZ7.C7656 Wat 2005
Preceded by	The Singer of All Songs
Followed by	The Tenth Power

The Waterless Sea is the second book in the Chanters of Tremaris trilogy by Kate Constable.

Premise

Having defeated the sorcerer Samis in the previous book, The Singer of All Songs, Calwyn and her friends encounter Heben, an exiled princeling, who tells them that children, including his siblings, are being kidnapped and imprisoned for practicing magic. The group sets off for the desert of Merithuros to rescue the captured children.[1][2]

Reception

The book received mixed reviews from critics. Timnah Card, writing for The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, described it as a "fast-moving epic" that fantasy fans would enjoy, but criticized the "blandness of Calwyn's character".[3] Melissa Moore of the School Library Journal concurred, commenting that some of the secondary characters were "flat" and that parts of the plot were predictable, but still praised it as an "excellent fantasy" and more well written than the first book in the series.[4]

References

Kellerman, Carol (September 2005). "The Waterless Sea". Kliatt. 39 (5). Retrieved September 6, 2021.
Mattson, Jennifer (2005). "The Waterless Sea". Booklist. 101 (18): 1651. ProQuest 235556919. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
Card, Timnah (2005). "The Waterless Sea" (PDF). The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 58 (11): 483–484. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
Moore, Melissa (August 2005). "The Waterless Sea". School Library Journal. 51 (8): 122, 126. ProQuest 211787843. Retrieved September 6, 2021.

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[1] Kellerman, Carol (September 2005). "The Waterless Sea". Kliatt. 39 (5). Retrieved September 6, 2021.

[2] Mattson, Jennifer (2005). "The Waterless Sea". Booklist. 101 (18): 1651. ProQuest 235556919. Retrieved September 6, 2021.

[3] Card, Timnah (2005). "The Waterless Sea" (PDF). The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 58 (11): 483–484. Retrieved September 6, 2021.

[4] Moore, Melissa (August 2005). "The Waterless Sea". School Library Journal. 51 (8): 122, 126. ProQuest 211787843. Retrieved September 6, 2021.