"The first book of "a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman's determined quest to seize a final chance at glory--and write her own legend ... Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean's most notorious pirates, she's survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands,...

"When Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband's second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a son and heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet. But as Shek Yeung vies for control over the army she knows she was born to lead, larger threats loom. The Chinese Emperor has charged...

"The crew is lost and scattered, but finally some of them are coming back together. But they couldn't choose a worse place. The Black Fort sits atop a rocky cliff on an island full of monsters and Raven's oldest brother, Crow, has decided to make this an object of spectacle. He's about to introduce Raven and her crew to the most dangerous of creatures in his arena. But elsewhere in the world, Ananda has been found by the queen and her mermaids. The...