<p>Raised on the high seas as an avaricious corsair Aela Crane has turned her back on her roots but she can&rsquo;t seem to stem the ancient magic that courses through her. Del is a soft-spoken soldier who seems to know more about Aela&rsquo;s inherited powers than she does. Brynne&rsquo;s the crofter&rsquo;s daughter who&rsquo;s reluctantly learning to become a princess if she could just get a certain swashbuckling someone off her mind.</p><p>Originally hired on (okay blackmailed) by the King of the island nation of Thandepar Aela&rsquo;s light monster extermination gig takes a fast turn into kidnapping-for-profit. Del tries to ignore family issues by searching for a long lost friend and ends up getting both for the price of one. Brynne&rsquo;s prepared to give up her heart for her country until her own personal heartbreaker shows up with the most terrible timing.</p><p>As the three of them become more entwined in their own political predicaments and each other&rsquo;s lives they may discover that the legacies their parents have left them aren&rsquo;t as solid as they seemed. In fact they may just slip through their fingers leaving all three fumbling to forge their own future before the kingdom comes crashing down around them.</p>