Oshenerth

Excellent descriptive prose and interesting characters highlight this fantasy tale. It's very apparent that the author appreciates and cares for the world's oceans and the many many denizens that live there – even in this fantastical extrapolation of our own world. The tale moves along briskly yet does not give short shrift to the characterizations. And, with the story needing to be extended into a (hopefully soon-forthcoming) second book (or series), I think you can truly call this an epic.