The literary world would be a dark place indeed without great adventure novels like Hunters of the Dark Sea by Mel Odom. Published in hardcover by TOR in 2003, I’ve never seen a paperback for this one, although it is available on Kindle. Hunters of the Dark Sea is a literary ancestor of Herman Melville’s and Robert Louis Stevenson’s tales, with a smidgen of H. P. Lovecraft. A tale of the 19th century whaling industry, but with some ominous twists as only the great Mel Odom can create. Ethan Swain is a man with a secret past that comes back to haunt him at the most inappropriate of times. While whale hunting is his stock and trade, Swain and his shipmates come face to face with a puzzling and lethal menace that taxes their ability to survive on the dark sea they call home. With shipboard tensions building, Swain is hard-pressed to forge an alliance with a crew that dislikes Captain Folger, and ship-mate Swain is forced to make some critical decisions as they are tracked by a man that knows too much about Swain’s past. Meanwhile, something evil lurks beneath the waves, something otherworldly. As you might expect, there’s some romance, too, but just enough to add another layer to this complex but fascinating story. Hunters of the Dark Sea is one of many great novels that Odom has published. You can download it to Kindle or Nook. Hunters of the Dark Sea is recommended for lovers of sea stories, along with Odom’s “Forgotten Realms” omnibus, Threat From the Sea which reprints the fantasy novels Rising Tide, Under Fallen Stars and The Sea Devil’s Eye. I think Hunters of the Dark Sea is probably my favorite of Odom’s books, but all of them are a reader’s delight.
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