Water

Tales of Elemental Spirits

What magical beings inhabit Earth’s waters? Some are as almost-familiar as the mer-people; some as strange as the thing glimpsed only as a golden eye in a pool at the edge of the Great Desert Kalarsham, where the mad god Geljdreth rules; or the unknowable, immense Kraken, dark beyond the darkness of the deepest ocean, who will one day rise and rule the world.  

Here are seven tales from the remarkable storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson. Vividly imagined and written, they transform the simple element of water into something very powerful indeed.

©2002 Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson (P)2021 Recorded Books

so many good stories

I loved a few, liked them all. I wish they were longer stories, even movies. so well written

Dangerous currents

These tales could so easily have been clichés that their artistic success is doubly impressive. Fine, honestly realised characters in intriguing - sometimes challenging - plots with a solid set of traditional mythic values.