Jaymes, Caithlin, and their friends and comrades are again propelled into action across the turquoise waters of the sun-drenched East Infant Sea, sailing and fighting beneath the Basilean flag as they face the threats of the Ahmunite undead and pirates in the defense of the Basilean Hegemony as they face the notorious Empire of Dust High Priest T'mork and his fleet of undeath.

Perhaps life was fairly simple beforehand, after all... Jaymes Ellias has been promoted to captain and is now responsible for a thousand-tonne warship and its crew of nearly three hundred souls. He is committed to a relationship where the reality is far more complicated than the romance of the idea. He is learning that a junior leader's relaxed and approachable nature does not always work as a senior commander. And that was before the East Infant Sea was threatened by another fleet of violent and deadly enemy warships, intent on causing a tidal wave of destruction across Basilean territories.

Caithlin Viconti had her initial successes as a privateer captain. Now, she and her ship are well known to the pirates she hunts down, and the prizes are fewer and further between. The money is no longer rolling in, and she has debts to pay off and a crew's wage to honor. If that was not enough, her father's sudden appearance criticizing her recent decisions and actions - professionally and personally - is less than ideal. And, like Jaymes, this was all before the appearance of a major Ahmunite bone fleet led by a deadly and remorseless high priest from the Empire of Dust.

Jaymes, Caithlin, and their friends and comrades are again propelled into action across the turquoise waters of the sun-drenched East Infant Sea, sailing and fighting beneath the Basilean flag as they face the threats of the Ahmunite undead and pirates in the defense of the Basilean Hegemony as they face the notorious Empire of Dust High Priest T'mork and his fleet of undeath.