num_pages: 416
description: Queen Jelena of Shkoder has decided to start her reign by commissioning a ship to undertake the exploration of uncharted waters in search of the homeland of the legendary Dark Sailor. When disaster strikes, the bard Benedikt -- who Sings only One Quarter, that of Water -- is hopelessly stranded with no way to get word back to the queen. Washed up on the shores of a distant land, Benedikt is claimed by his rescuers as a pawn in their intricate and perilous game of politics and religion. Can this One Quarter bard find a Song that will let him survive without disturbing the precarious power balance of a civilization he barely understands?
language: English
title: The Quartered Sea
titlecomplete: The Quartered Sea (Quarters, #4)
characters: Benedikt
genres: LGBT, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Queer, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Science Fiction, Canada
ratings_count: 1747
series: Quarters
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Gaylactic Spectrum Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: DAW Books