Eyck frees a slave one day and is pleasantly surprised when the young man shows back up five sun cycles later to be his apprentice. Eyck lost his wife and Wex has had a difficult past, but the feelings they're developing could lead to something great if they can figure out how to navigate...
Jon, Tom, and Baltsaros are spending Winter in Madierus, but Jon is still struggling emotionally, having nightmares, and pulling away from Tom and Baltsaros. To try and fix things, both Tom and Jon decide to surprise each other with some holiday...
With Baltsaros's mental state still unwell, the three men and their pirate crew head back to Madierus hoping Abetha will be able to help. Their relationship is yet again tested, Baltsaros starts to remember terrible things from his past, and the men set off on one last quest to try and rid him of his gruesome obsession once and for...
The pirate crew of Baal's Heart are heading into new and treacherous territory: the Devil's Isles. When they find a land steeped in the blood of sacrifices, it tests Jon's, Tom's, and Baltsaros's strength to overcome their own inner demons as well as the strength of their newly formed...
With no friends and only his unloving step-father as family, Jon's life is boring and miserable, so when he gets kidnapped and offered a job aboard Baltsaro's pirate ship, he accepts. But when he unexpectedly develops feelings for the cruel captain, and the captain takes a liking to him in return, it creates a riff between captain and first mate, and all three of them will have to sort out...
Juniper Bo wakes from 17 years in a stasis pod to find himself on a strange ship containing no one but a grouchy captain and two AIs with far more personality than normal. Captain Marrex, exiled due to a curse, has been lonely and starts to enjoy the company of Juniper but fears the human will never actually...