I'm currently enjoying "Engines of Creation: Children of the Halo" (
here), due to complete on the 20th October. The author is self publishing, but after the first couple of chapters their style loosens up to a very enjoyable read.
Don't bother with this if you're averse to:
Canadians,
Pot,
Talking animals
Mounties,
magic being spelt with a ck
20 somethings saving the world,
Note to EJ: if you follow your links back, I really do like it - but it isn't perfect, and I'm not going to tell my friends it is just to save your feelings