The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy
adventure in the New York Times bestselling series of noble families swordplay and airships.
For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity rising far above the deadly surface
world. Within their halls aristocratic houses rule developing scientific marvels and building
fleets of airships for defence and trade. Now the Spires hover on the brink of open war.
Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between
the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger and Spire Albion stands alone against
the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of
destroying the populations of entire Spires. A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an
opportunity for the Spirearch Lord Albion to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of
the war and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of
the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents. It will take daring skill and
no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion--assuming that
it is not already too late.
