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The surface world dwells in quiet complacency while a sinister new force begins stirring in the bowels of the oceans. A young sailor, the son of a vicious pirate, tries to live as an honest sailor, but finds it almost impossible with the suspicion and hatred of all people upon him. Even worse, the sahaguin, a race of sea-dwelling warriors consumed with hatred for the land-dwellers, are roused to war against the surface by a mysterious sorcerer who has lived for thousands of years, lusting for vengeance upon the goddess who stripped him of his powers. Now, the sailor faces an even graver threat as the threat from the sea rises to swallow the surface world- by any means necessary...
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%

Tone of book - scarey (primal ax-wielding fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - roaming fantasy world, battling hostile monsters
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - mastermind
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind control - super strength - can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - deluded - wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius (really!)
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
Terrain - Water

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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