Warcaster. Mutineer. Pirate.
Captain Phinneus Shae is a man of many titles�all of them could get him killed . . .
Returning from the remote continent of Zu, the crew of the Talion is stricken by a mysterious plague. When Captain Shae goes ashore on a small island to find medicinal plants to treat his men, Mercarian League mercenaries ambush him, and their ships, fast and deadly pirate hunters, close in on the Talion.
In a desperate bid to outrun or outgun the Mercarian vessels, the Talion takes to open waters. But Shae�s pursuers know him well�one of their captains served with him when Shae worked for the Mercarian League and can anticipate Shae�s every move. And the pirate hunters may be the least of Shae�s worries: an infamous assassin, the sniper known only as the Ghostmaker, has been contracted to kill Shae and collect old debts of Blood & Iron.
