--- product_id: 536777872 title: "The Spear Cuts Through Water: A Novel" price: "S/.128" currency: PEN in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pe/products/536777872-the-spear-cuts-through-water-a-novel store_origin: PE region: Peru --- # The Spear Cuts Through Water: A Novel **Price:** S/.128 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Spear Cuts Through Water: A Novel - **How much does it cost?** S/.128 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pe](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/536777872-the-spear-cuts-through-water-a-novel) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds . “A beguiling fantasy not to be missed.”—Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of The Crown’s Game WINNER OF THE IAFA CRAWFORD AWARD • WINNER OF THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE IGNYTE AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, Vulture, Polygon, She Reads, Gizmodo, Kirkus Reviews, The Quill to Live The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace. But that god cannot be contained forever. With the aid of Jun, a guard broken by his guilt-stricken past, and Keema, an outcast fighting for his future, the god escapes from her royal captivity and flees from her own children, the triplet Terrors who would drag her back to her unholy prison. And so it is that she embarks with her young companions on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom—and a way to end the Moon Throne forever. The journey ahead will be more dangerous than any of them could have imagined. Both a sweeping adventure story and an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging, The Spear Cuts Through Water is an ambitious and profound saga that will transport and transform you—and is like nothing you’ve ever read before. Review: Complex, deliberate, and worth the patience - “The Spear Cuts Through Water” demands patience. It starts slow and unfolds through multiple layers and timelines, which won’t work for every reader. But if you stay with it, the payoff is worth it. The narrative is precise and immersive, and the world feels tangible in a way that avoids idealization; the divine ages, power is flawed, and characters are not redeemed by a single act. There’s a quiet realism within the myth that gives the story real weight. It’s not for everyone, but it knows exactly what it’s doing. Review: lush prose, well developed characters, thoughtful but creative narrative structure not my taste - That was a slog. A beautifully written, thoughtful, well developed world of a slog– but a slog nonetheless. I did not know what I was getting myself into here when I picked it up. Its an alternate world fantasy with a lush world, dying gods, a lot of cruelty, a little bit of love, and very visceral descriptions. But it took me a long time to get into it, and then when I put it down, I would have a hard time getting back into it. Partly because of the very, very lush descriptive language which at times was too lush for me. But mostly because of the dream-like approach to structure. We have a framing convention that starts the book with a “you go into a hidden theater” and somehow in that theater they are acting out the long ago story of the death of an Emperor and his three terrors of sons, and the travels of two warriors with a dying god in third person. And there’s also a thing where the author will briefly mention something like “the warrior walked by the cowering villagers” and we’ll get the italicized thoughts of the villagers in the next line. This was cool for a short while after I finally figured out what that was. Having inner thoughts of minor characters does serve to flesh out the world, and there’s a wonderful consequence of having these thoughts later in the story for the two traveling warriors and their relationship, but I think it became cognitively wearisome for me at times when I was in “reading for plot” (this is a long book) mode and I had to kind of pull back to identify whose thoughts they were and then piece together how that fit into the current scene, etc. So this is lovely, but for me, long and a bit wearisome at times. I applaud the creativity here while privately thinking to myself “maybe not the author for me.” ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #11,624 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #347 in Epic Fantasy (Books) #488 in Action & Adventure Fantasy (Books) #539 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 2,101 Reviews | ## Images ![The Spear Cuts Through Water: A Novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81PB9jepCZL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Complex, deliberate, and worth the patience *by E***Z on April 3, 2026* “The Spear Cuts Through Water” demands patience. It starts slow and unfolds through multiple layers and timelines, which won’t work for every reader. But if you stay with it, the payoff is worth it. The narrative is precise and immersive, and the world feels tangible in a way that avoids idealization; the divine ages, power is flawed, and characters are not redeemed by a single act. There’s a quiet realism within the myth that gives the story real weight. It’s not for everyone, but it knows exactly what it’s doing. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ lush prose, well developed characters, thoughtful but creative narrative structure not my taste *by K***N on April 12, 2024* That was a slog. A beautifully written, thoughtful, well developed world of a slog– but a slog nonetheless. I did not know what I was getting myself into here when I picked it up. Its an alternate world fantasy with a lush world, dying gods, a lot of cruelty, a little bit of love, and very visceral descriptions. But it took me a long time to get into it, and then when I put it down, I would have a hard time getting back into it. Partly because of the very, very lush descriptive language which at times was too lush for me. But mostly because of the dream-like approach to structure. We have a framing convention that starts the book with a “you go into a hidden theater” and somehow in that theater they are acting out the long ago story of the death of an Emperor and his three terrors of sons, and the travels of two warriors with a dying god in third person. And there’s also a thing where the author will briefly mention something like “the warrior walked by the cowering villagers” and we’ll get the italicized thoughts of the villagers in the next line. This was cool for a short while after I finally figured out what that was. Having inner thoughts of minor characters does serve to flesh out the world, and there’s a wonderful consequence of having these thoughts later in the story for the two traveling warriors and their relationship, but I think it became cognitively wearisome for me at times when I was in “reading for plot” (this is a long book) mode and I had to kind of pull back to identify whose thoughts they were and then piece together how that fit into the current scene, etc. So this is lovely, but for me, long and a bit wearisome at times. I applaud the creativity here while privately thinking to myself “maybe not the author for me.” ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is the best book I've ever read *by R***G on February 28, 2024* Truly the best book I've ever read. Experiencing this novel is probably the closest I've ever come to understanding a religious experience. I read well over 100 books every year, and I have ever since I can remember. I'm kind of a book snob and it's rare when I give 5 stars. This book deserves more. It is criminal it was passed up by all the awards. Go on YouTube, Insta, TikTok, and all you'll see are book reviewers at a loss for words for the masterpiece that is this novel. I picked it up after coming across a thread on the fantasy subreddit on Reddit. It was unanimous that this book was not only the best read of 2023, but one of the best of the millennium. After waiting 18 weeks on hold at the library, I ended up buying a copy for myself. This is the most imaginative, unique, transcendent novel I've ever experienced. The prose left me breathless. I'd re-read pages at a time and think "How the heck did someone come up with this? How does someone write like this? Literally, how??" My ebook kindle copy is ridiculous, because I have probably something highlighted on every page. I'd read a line and think "I need to remember this one, too!" It was getting out of control, but I couldn't stop. This book had me in an emotional upheaval so great that I was left feeling like a husk of a person every time I read. I could only handle 10-20 a day because my heart was both bursting at the seams with joy and with gut-wrenching pain. Some scenes were so moving and powerful that I'd lie in bed, stunned, for who knew how long. The book followed me around at work the next day like a weight in my stomach, distracting me, exciting me, and pulling me back. I'd cancel plans to sit and enjoy my 10-20 pages a night. Jun Ossa is probably my favorite character ever written, because somehow, with minimal spoken lines, the emotional layers and depth to him was staggering. There were so many small, subtle things that were ingeniously added that left me shaking my head in disbelief that the author was pulling it off. I just think it's criminal this hasn't gotten the attention it deserves yet. There is this gem of a novel out here, quite possibly the best book ever written, that people are just sleeping on. We didn't deserve this book. No one deserves this book. Please, for the love that all that is good, read this book. 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