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The Face of the Waters
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
AuthorRobert Silverberg
Cover artistJim Burns
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherGrafton
Publication date
1991
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages363 pp
ISBNISBN 0-246-13718-5 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character

The Face of the Waters is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, first published in 1991.

Plot introduction

The Face of the Waters takes place in the far future, on a penal planet, inhabited by convicts and their progeny. The planet is Hydros, an oceanic planet whose inhabitants live on artificial floating islands.

After a human offense against the natives of Hydros, the human population of the island of Sorve are ordered to leave. Forbidden all other islands, in a flotilla of ships they seek the semi-mythical island of the Face of the Waters.