num_pages: 266
description: Seven tales describe magical beings that inhabit our waters. Some are familiar mer-people; some as strange as 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. 1 Prologue: The water sprite / Robin mcKinley and Peter Dickinson 2 Mermaid song / Peter Dickinson --3 The sea-king's son / Robin McKinley --4 Sea serpent / Peter Dickinson --5 Water horse / Robin McKinley --6 Kraken / Peter Dickinson --7 A pool in the desert / Robin McKinley.
language: None
title: Water
titlecomplete: Water (Tales of Elemental Spirits, #1)
genres: Short Stories, Young Adult, Mermaids, Science Fiction Fantasy, Magic, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Anthologies, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 3013
series: Tales of Elemental Spirits 
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Collection
publisher: Firebird