No ship. No crew. No rum. And no time to cry about it. Captain Mayadeen Damned is a pirate with little left to lose after her ship wrecks under mysterious circumstances. Mayadeen and the only other survivor, her loyal deckhand Laddy, find themselves stranded on the Warlands Main, a savage land ruled by four sisters, each one more dangerous and unpredictable than the next. The only things these siblings hate more than each other are a couple of dirty, thieving pirates on their soil. While in desperate search of a new ship, Mayadeen meets Elona, a sorceress whose full powers have yet to be realized, and whose motivation to help Mayadeen is as opaque as her past. And speaking of pasts, Mayadeen's own will come back to haunt her as an ancient spectral force plagues her journey and tests the boundaries of her soul. Aided by her one good eye, a faithful scalawag, and a fledgling sorceress, Mayadeen must find her way back to sea-but not without a fight through the forgotten realms of the Sister Kings.