Sky piracy is a bit out of Darian Frey's league. Fate has not been kind
to the captain of the airship Ketty Jay--or his motley crew. They are
all running from something. Crake is a daemonist in hiding, traveling
with an armored golem and burdened by guilt. Jez is the new navigator,
desperate to keep her secret from the rest of the crew. Malvery is a
disgraced doctor, drinking himself to death. So when an opportunity
arises to steal a chest of gems from a vulnerable airship, Frey can't
pass it up. It's an easy take--and the payoff will finally make him a
rich man.
But when the attack goes horribly wrong, Frey suddenly finds himself the
most wanted man in Vardia, trailed by bounty hunters, the elite Century
Knights, and the dread queen of the skies, Trinica Dracken. Frey
realizes that they've been set up to take a fall but doesn't know the
endgame. And the ultimate answer for captain and crew may lie in the
legendary hidden pirate town of Retribution Falls. That's if they can
get there without getting blown out of the sky.