Voyage of the Shadowmoon

How it reads

Voyage of the Shadowmoon is fantasy (nautical fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in the wilderness or at sea, in no single period, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are survival, nature and power and politics. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 565 pages it's a real commitment. It's a hidden gem — known to relatively few readers.