title: Rising Tide (Forgotten Realms:  The Threat from the Sea, Book 1)
author:  Mel Odom 
description: The latest game-related novel from the leading publisher of the genre introduces a new maritime setting in the popular Forgotten Realms role-playing universe. Odom interweaves the experiences of his four major characters--Jherek, a virtuous young sailor who wants to disassociate himself from his vicious pirate father; Laaqueel, a humanoid priestess who seeks the acceptance of the fishlike sahuagin; Iakhovas, an ancient megalomaniac sorcerer who has enslaved Laaqueel and desires to take over the sea; and Pacys, an aged bard of formidable mind and body--as they set off across oceans, fighting battles. Each character's quest pulls him or her toward a city called Baldur's Deep. Odom does an admirable job of bringing the sea setting and its varied species to life. The novel's detailed fight sequences are tightly packed, making for a fast, exciting read, but Odom leaves its resolution for the next installment of his four-book series.
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  # Jarwin and Cuffy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### R.M. Ballantyne
  
  
  This page copyright © 2003 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  Chapter One. Adrift on the Ocean.
  
  
  Chapter Two. Island Life.
  
  
  Chapter Three. Communings of Man and Beast.
  
  
  Chapter Four. Hopes and Fears and Stern Resolves
  
  
  Lead to Vigorous Action.
  
  
  Chapter Five. Jarwin and Cuffy Fall into Bad
  
  
  Company.
  
  
  Chapter Six. Our Hero Becomes a Favourite, and
  
  
  Entertains Hopes of Escape.
  
  
  Chapter Seven. Our Hero is Exposed to Stirring
  
  
  Influences and Trying Circumstances.
  
  
  Chapter Eight. Despair is Followed by Surprises and
  
  
  Deliverance.
  
  
  Chapter Nine. The Last.
  
  
  
  
  
  
      Etext from Athelstane.co.uk
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter One. Adrift on the Ocean.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  On a certain morning, not very long ago, the sun, according to his
  
  
  ancient and admirable custom, rose at a very early hour, and casting
  
  
  his bright beams far and wide over the Pacific, lighted up the yellow
  
  
  sands and the verdant 