The Two-Space War by Dave Grossman & Leo Frankowski
Summary

The Two-Space War by Dave Grossman & Leo Frankowski Men who go up to the stars in wooden ships--into a universe of danger!

It is six hundred years in the future and mankind has learned to move between the stars ... by going into Two-Space, the vast realm where sentient wooden ships travel beneath canvas sails in a universe that is corrosive to technology.

As they charge headlong into the galaxy, humans discovered others who were already there: The elven Sylvans who live in the vast forests of low-gravity worlds, the dwarven Dwarrowdelf who thrive deep in the mines of high-gravity worlds, and other, far more alien races. The ancient Sylvan race is enchanted by the human culture, embracing Tolkien and his elves not as prophecy but a description of reality.

Against this stellar backdrop, Lt. Thomas Melville's ship is mortally wounded. With his captain dead, Melville must capture a feral sentient enemy ship, then he must fight his way across the galaxy to warn of a vast invading armada. In an odyssey of turmoil and battle he forges his ship and crew into a mighty weapon of war and seeks the love of an alien princess.

Now, if he can only survive the attacks of two very alien empires, and
avoid being court martialed by his own nation of Westerness for getting them
involved in a vast intergalactic war, he might live to enjoy the fruits of his
labor.

The entire hardback printing of this book has sold out. (It is already a collector's item!) The book will not be available until the paperback edition comes out in January 2006. BUT, an e-copy can be downloaded for $5.00.