The Heart of the Caveat WhaleBook 1"When the caveat whale is gone, the time of the end has come, but the rise of Shunda will stem the tide."Three lives weave together inextricably.Qoshonni: the warrior.Shunda: the orphan.Mookori: the prince.They fight against the MerKing to rescue the captives.The captives will only be free when Shunda loses his fears about who he is. Yet what Shunda fears more than anything is loneliness.Qoshonni figures she has become too violent and will never come back from the brink that the MerKing has pushed her to.Mookori knows his father loves him best, but this has no consolation as war invades the shores of his father's kingdom.The Heart of the Caveat Whale is an epic trilogy that takes place both under water and on land. Book 1, The Captives, in the beginning of a journey into joy and terror. Sea monsters abound, as does the valor of both simple folk and nobles alike.