Truly enjoyed this book. The characters are complex and so interesting and the action keeps one flipping pages. The beautiful Thasha is to be married to a prince, presumably to make peace between two countries but the political intent is to start a war. Pazel is a young boy with a magical gift of languages whose father abandoned him. Neeps, Pazel's best friend, is a fiestly little boy whose fierce tenacity and friendship endears him to all. Hercol is a peace-loving skilled warrior who is devoted to serving Thash. The magical beings include Arunis, an evil sorcerer whose goals are to serve only his own ends; Klyst, a magical female of the deep who loves Pazel, and Ramachni, whose home is another world and fights Arunis from world to world. My only complaint is that the book ends on a hook to get one to read the next in the series, The Rats and the Ruling Sea.

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