ABANDONED. Fantasy - Portal to another world under the sea, three humans with stones embedded in their heads (emerald, sapphire, opal)

[Mike]

Hello!

So, this is about a book I read as a kid - probably 2007/8ish, though it was a charity book and was certainly older than that. It was the the first book that I really remember reading as a fantasy novel, and it kills me that I can't remember the bloody title of it - I lost it a long time ago, and would really like to repurchase another copy.

So, as it was a while ago, the plot points I can remember are a little hazy - however, I remember it starting on some sort of vessel (I'm presuming submarine, as I remember part of it being under the sea, though I could be wrong) - that vessel finds an old sunken ship, and lo and behold, one of the sailors aboard that ship is still alive. I think, though I could be wrong, that this is Bermuda triangle based. Anyway, they find, or are sucked in to, a portal to another world or dimension, or something along those lines.

This new world is relatively paradisical (if that's not a real word, I'm claiming it as my own. I'd be great on Countdown), but their are three (or more) beings that are magical - an emerald witch, a man with an opal in his forehead, and the baddie, who has a sapphire in his head

I seem to remember one of the sailors, probably the heroic leader, making love to the emerald witch in the verdant green woods, or something else equally as clichéd, and that same man may have committed suicide by jumping from a cliff - either way, he left the emerald witch with a child, probably an equally as heroic son

Realise the above sounds like a nightmare someone might have had having had an extreme amount of brie and cheap merlot, but I'm pretty certain my head is not making this up

I'd anyone has any thoughts, let me know :)

Mike

[Kris]

A shot in the dark - The Moon Pool by A. Merritt? Here's the Google Books preview - https://books.google.com/books?id=MHx... There are different cover images.

[Mike]

It isn't, though thank you for looking (and also recommending) - looks like an excellent book regardless and it's now on my list :D

[Kris]

Mike, please post a new comment if you're still looking for this book - or if you found it.

Mike (OP) was last active on the site in January 2020. Moving to Abandoned folder.