The Sea Dragon's Vault

<p><strong>A forgotten ship. A deadly legend. A fate that refuses to stay buried.</strong></p><p></p><p>Laaytiaer Marianas has never aspired to greatness. As a down-on-his-luck smuggler eking out a living in the rust-stained docks of Lutum he's spent most of his life trying to outrun two things: the celebrated legacy of his mother-the Republic's most renowned treasure hunter-and the guilt-soaked memory of the day she died.</p><p></p><p>But everything changes when a routine job lands him aboard the long-vanished flagship of the storied knight Ser Vannae Belpharos. Hidden within its decaying hull is a clue pointing toward the fabled Sea Dragon's Vault a treasure whispered about in taverns temples and nightmares. Some say it's wealth incarnate. Others say it should never be found.</p><p></p><p>Armed with a desire to prove his worth Laaytiaer thrusts himself into a frantic chase alongside his volatile dwarf partner Gorek and his unflappable razor-sharp butler Sebascan. Their journey plunges them into the crosshairs of cutthroat pirates eldritch forces and the enigmatic masked warlord known as Sios.</p><p></p><p>As legends come alive and horrors awaken from the deep past Laaytiaer will confront dark truths about the realm's magic-and force him to choose between the life he's clung to and the destiny that has been stalking him since birth.</p>