The ocean is rising ... Straight up! On a bluff above the sea lived a gargoyle, a tree, two bards, and their various children. Gorlen and Plenth, the wandering bards in question, have quit a life of rambling to raise their daughter Aiku in peace at the edge of a curious sea. Aiku's other father is the gargoyle Spar, who is also husband to a songwood tree and father to a young grove. It's no more unusual than most families, and their...