Review: I'm intrigued...want to read the rest of the books
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 23, 2013
This is a short story about two peoples...one who lives in caves and another who live in the trees. A third group...some kind of monsterous creatures called the Scourge lurk in the forest and try to kill everyone. Only a sightless water fetcher can get water for both peoples without being attacked. The Keeper is from the trees and charged with protecting the water fetcher.I found the world building to be great and the story very intriguing. This is a dystopia as it is set after the fall of our civilization, but there is a lot of fantasy elements here too and mystery...like why the water fetcher is protected from the scourage. There is a bit of a connection between the keeper and the water fetcher, and no doubt a romance is brewing...which I am interesting in seeing in future stories.The only negative I would mention (and it isn't much of one) is I have no idea what the Scourge people are....how they became what they are, how they seem to have unlimited numbers, why their primary goal seems to be attacking people, etc. I'm sure a lot of that is covered in the other books, but I haven't read them yet. The mysteries and questions from this book only make me more interested in reading the other books, which I am looking forward to doing.NOTE: I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. It was included in Darkest Worlds, an anthology.