Cap'n Silus de Senza, trapped in a town that hates his guts, with no easy way out. In Maudlin Harbour sits his beloved ship, the Machiavelli, leaning at a painful angle. Without urgent treatment she may never sail again.
Almost as bad, he's scored a new nickname, the Curse, like it's his fault that a creature tears through the Province on a murderous spree.
Nevertheless, Silus has a grand plan. With Grand Merchant Angst out of the picture, he will take back the cargo stolen from him and rustle up enough coin to fix his ship. He'll be back on track in no time.
Except...
There's a new Mayor in town, and Heller has very specific instructions and a singular determination to fulfil them. She intends to pummel the pirate Province, and she'll squash every scumbag one of them until she gets what she wants: de Senza, the Pirate King.
Together with his dead parrot and Billy, the dead crow's nest girl, Silus will face a battle like no other...