Memory of water
Subtitle: Knowledge is power
By: Emmi Itäranta
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Published: June 10, 2014
Language: eng
Translated from: fin
Translation of: Teemestarin Kirja
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780062326157
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Fiction; Water-supply; Secrecy
Work titles: Teemestarin kirja
Description: "The award-winning speculative debut novel, now in English for the first time! In the far north of the Scandinavian Union, now occupied by the power state of New Qian, seventeen-year-old Noria Kaitio studies to become a tea master like her father. It is a position that holds great responsibility and a dangerous secret. Tea masters alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that once provided water for her whole village. When Noria's father dies, the secret of the spring reaches the new military commander. and the power of the army is vast indeed. But the precious water reserve is not the only forbidden knowledge Noria possesses, and resistance is a fine line. Threatened with imprisonment, and with her life at stake, Noria must make an excruciating, dangerous choice between knowledge and freedom"--

"An amazing, award-winning dystopian debut novel by a major new talent"--
Notes: Translation from the Finnish of: Teemestarin kirja.