'When the oceans run red with the blood of all men; when the skies darken and the wind falls silent; then you will know that the world has come to an end. And as you mutter your last prayer to the gods, know that this was their doing. The sea is theirs to rule and theirs alone. '. Jack Coolidge is fleeing life at sea, desperate for another existence, any other existence. But when war breaks out in Oldiron's distant territories, Jack finds himself propelled back into a deadly game of lies and hellish plots. Press-ganged into the King's Navy, Jack must decide where his true loyalties lie, and whether there is any escape for a man of his standing in a war of titans and rogues. Gwendalyn Ackers has fought her way to a position of power, high among the pirating elite in the New Age World, a position she would cling to until death. But after a mysterious child finds his way aboard her ship, things start to fall apart. She finds herself at the heart of deep-rooted conspiracy that would destroy the world she has created for herself and drag up a past she would much rather forget. As the lives of pirates, marauders and sailors become more and more entwined, it becomes clear that the only way to survive the war is to win in a fickle game to rule the seas.