Series: Book 1 in the Ketty Jay series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Steampunk
Summary
Sky piracy is a bit out of Darian Frey's league. Fate has
not been kind to the captain of the airship
Ketty Jay--or his motley crew. They are all running from
something. Crake is a daemonist in hiding, traveling with an
armored golem and burdened by guilt. Jez is the new navigator,
desperate to keep her secret from the rest of the crew. Malvery
is a disgraced doctor, drinking himself to death. So when an
opportunity arises to steal a chest of gems from a vulnerable
airship, Frey can't pass it up. It's an easy take--and the
payoff will finally make him a rich man.
But when the attack goes horribly wrong, Frey suddenly
finds himself the most wanted man in Vardia, trailed by bounty
hunters, the elite Century Knights, and the dread queen of the
skies, Trinica Dracken. Frey realizes that they've been set up
to take a fall but doesn't know the endgame. And the ultimate
answer for captain and crew may lie in the legendary hidden
pirate town of Retribution Falls. That's if...