The Old Guns' Lament: Deep-Sea Mystery

Arthur Villand, a young naval tactical genius, is demoted to the “Anvil Fleet” for standing out too much, only to encounter a Cthulhu pirate crew armed with the bizarre “Old Ones Cannon.” As the ship-devouring “Chaos Foam” spreads across the sea, the only things that can counter it are the “Golden Ratio Point” Arthur discovers through ballistics and Engineer Old Pipe’s “Silver Bullet Chain.” Amid the blood and fire of encirclement and counter-encirclement, Arthur discovers an ancient sorrow and secret hidden in the eyes of the pirate leader, Sirena Tide Song. No longer content with destroying the pirates, he resolves to uncover the truth: they are descendants of Atlantis, driven into exile. Caught between the navy’s ironclad rules and the whispers of the deep, Arthur uses ballistics as his brush and tactics as his ink to forge an unprecedented path through the raging seas. He brings the navy and the pirates together to sign the Deep-Sea Shipping Lanes Joint Governance Agreement, ending a thousand-year feud through wisdom and courage and becoming a true “Tide Tamer.”