In a universe where the queens' and kings' navies of ancient Earth lived on and took to the stars, brewing conflicts work to unite the lives of three people from across known space. Matriarch Miran-Yi Nagoya, elected monarch of a roving flotilla of hundreds of ships, prepares for a momentous summit of several nations within The Herd Federation with her own, all while weeding out intrusion and subterfuge that works to unravel all she cares for. Commander and Medic Tolly Ignacio has resigned herself to life aboard her uncle Captain Groen Ignacio's firecrawler known as The Perun. A rickety spider-like land ship, The Perun walks the valleys of Bordeaux's Folly, harvesting vitreol from beneath the ash-laden ground, always staying ahead of the next wildfire. A world of flame and rebirth, Tolly's home planet is turned upside down as everything she has grown comfortable with is cast into the dust. Saul Calmos, Captain of The Terran Sovereignty's vessel The Diggory, has grown tired of years of service under his queen's merchant navy. Looking to strike out and carve a world of his own, he recruits unlikely faces to help him catch a big score, turning pirate in the process.
26 parts