The eternal city of Binton, where pirates now plague the coast and the horrific slave trade thrives. Althea Westright has no time to fear as her family's newly reawakened vitality, Vivasia, has been kidnapped by the ruthless pirate Kennet. So Althea devised a bold plan. But to achieve this, she must recruit a living ship that has already killed two of its crew members - and is said to have gone insane
