 Cover of the Ace Books paperback edition | |
| Author | Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice |
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | January 1982 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-441-87379-1 |
| OCLC | 8137602 |
| LC Class | CPB Box no. 2484 vol. 14 |
Water Witch is a science fiction novel by authors Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice that was first published in 1982.
On the desert planet of Mahali, political power is held by a hereditary line of water witches who can sense and control water. A young con artist girl named Deza tries to impersonate a water witch, helped by the spirit of her recently dead conman father, who now resides in a small animal called a mbuzi.
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