Troubled waters

Turbid Waters Book Description "The world never finds its balance, it just changes." Zoe Ardelay has been living in a village for many years with her father, who was exiled from the palace. One day after her father's death, she receives unexpected news: She will be taken to the royal city to become the king's fifth wife. However, Zoe finds a way to escape during this long journey under the supervision of the king's closest advisor and begins to live with other people from the lower class on the river bank. These days spent by the river enable Zoe, a coru woman, to discover her ability to dominate water. Zoe, who regained her reputation with this discovery, is invited back to the palace, this time not as the king's wife, but as one of the family heads who can control the elements. While Zoe's effect on water and blood will enable her to solve many mysteries in the palace, she will also reveal the truth about her own past and her years of exile. In this novel, Sharon Shinn, author of the Twelve Houses series, invites the reader to a new fantastic universe where the elements rule. This adventure-filled story, built around the novel's main character, Zoe Ardelay, who discovers that she can control water, progresses breathlessly. (From the Promotional Bulletin)