Sea King Series by Nancy Springer

From the author of Wings Of Flame and the Books Of Vale comes the first of the Sea King trilogy. Two men embark on a fantastic quest for the source of magic that will restore their land.

In this second volume of the Sea King Trilogy, Dannoc and Rad are on a quest that leads beneath the sea to the nightmare realm of the death goddess Mahela. She has stolen the beasts of the land and the creatures of the air. Now she wants Rad.

In a tale of destiny and dark desire, a king and a godling battle the supernatural forces of the most powerful goddess of all. A cast of well-drawn characters, a solidly realized imaginary world, and graceful writing (Springer seems a better writer in each successive book).--Booklist.