A Breach in the Watershed

by Douglas Niles

Book Overview

For centuries, the pristine lands of the Wat ershed were at peace. But now, the Watershed has been breach ed, and a poisonous evil flows forth. Only a handful of hero es remain to defend what is pure,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441002080
• ISBN13: 9780441002085
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Length: 433 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Niles is Great

After brousing through my local store I saw this book; its golden cover had caught my eye. You can't judge a book by its cover. Well thats true, the cover does not even begin to show the greatness of this book. Niles, my favorite author (maybe second to Goodkind now), pulls three stories together. The plot is rich in twist and character. The characters, who seemingly have no reference to each other, are pulled into an exciting and breathtaking adventure. The start can be a little boring and I must admit it took sometime to get through, but once into the book there is a hidden story that will capture the reader and bring you head first into the story of suspense, mystery, and hope. I find myself sorry for not getting the second book soon enough, or I would have definitly have read it by now. I highly recomend anything written by Niles, whom I would read most anytime I found.

One of the Best!

This book is one of the best that I've read. The author has the same potential as Robert Jordan or Terry Goodkind. The story just holds you in your seat and you better find a place to sit down if you decide to get the book because it's just one of those books that you can't put down once you've taken it up. Also try the other books in the Watershed Triology.

The best fantasy book that I have ever read.

I picked up this book because it was on sale at the book store and I needed something to read. I couldn't put it down. I was not into the fantasy books until I read Breach in the Watershed. It is a fantastic book and I couldn't wait to read the next book. I was up until 2 or 3 in the morning reading. I loved every page. The characters were so real and life like. If I could have given more than 5 stars I would have given Douglas Niles 10. You have to read this book and you will be hooked.

A great read!

I just finished this book today, and was VERY sad to see it end! I wanted it to go on forever! When I first got it and read the back cover, I thought it wasn't going to be very good, but I was prooved wrong. I loved the way the characters were developed, and how the author created his own equivalents for things, (like having diggers instead of dwarves). I would definatly recomend this book to anyone.

A Breach in the Watershed (Watershed Trilogy, Book 1)

This is the first of Douglas Niles books that I have read. The only other book that comes near it is the Hobbit. I love how he used different kinds of characters instead of ripping them off of other writers. He has the most convincing characters that you get connected to very easily. I was told by a lot of people that I should stop reading the book because it was to challenging for an eight grader, since I was thirteen then but now fourteen, but the way he got me rolled up in it I could not put it down. I even got sent down to the office for reading it on reading day in tap, tap is a 20 min. study hall. At times he had me reading until about 1-3 in the morning. The thing I love most about this book is the characters. He gives them so much feelings, and each one gets to tell their own part of the story even the bad guys get their part in the story. This book is a little weird in the beginning, but other wise is easy to understand and a fun filled fantasy. Where with out one character it would have gone down the drain. The book is about an "Iceman" and how he saves his realm and his "Faerine" friends realm from the sleapstealer and his "eye", Nicodareus, and the betrayal prince of Galtigor. It is a non stop action filled fantasy with a little romance on the side. That will have you flipping page after page. I will have to agree to what R.A.Salvatore said, "Absolutely nobody builds a more convincing fantasy realm than Douglas Niles."