Everyone knows that Captain Drake Morass cares only about himself.
On a distant shore, fires are burning at the dying city, and Drake sees an opportunity to unite the other pirate captains under his flag and declare himself king. If he succeeds, he’ll need allies—and the Oracle said that his right hand would be Kylin Steelwater, the best fencer of the islands.
Enemy ships sail his waters and burn his cities. The ominous Tanner Black threatens to seize the throne even before Drake gets a chance to sit on it—and considering all this, Drake Morass has to somehow convince the other captains that his vital interests align with theirs.
“Loyalty and Lies” is the first book in the duology “Reasoned Plans,” and it takes place in the same world as the trilogy “Binding Ties.” The story of Captain Drake Morass continues from the point where we left him in the previous book.