Master and Commander meets A Game of Thrones and Pirates of the Carribean. Rapid-paced high
fantasy with all-out combat on the high seas and a canny young woman who faces the hidden
threats of an imperial court. Yet the key to defeating a sorcerous enemy may lie with a wild
rogue and the slave of a maniac. For centuries those on the Basilisk Throne have ruled every
continent brutally enslaving the human inhabitants. But now after endless wars the three
human empires of Ophion Velesa and Modjal have pushed the inhuman Drehhu back to their
heartland and are united in one final massive assault to defeat them forever. It's been tried
before but the infernal weapons and dark magic of the Drehhu have always triumphed. Basilisk
has never fallen. Commanding his merchant fleet in support of the human forces Alastor Nevelon
and his son Crespin set sail against the enemy?and this time they have their own secret
weapons. The Drehhu however do not have a monopoly on deceit. or ambition. Alistor is forced
to send his daughter Chrysanthe to the capitol city Ophion Magne as a token of his loyalty. He
does so freely for he is certain of treachery within the very empire he serves. After all
whomever controls the Basilisk Throne can control the world. He instructs Chrysanthe to use her
considerable intellect to discover whatever plots may be afoot in the heart of Ophion.
Chrysanthe agrees knowing that in doing so she enters a dangerous place where courtly manners
hide murderous intentions. While nations collide and the conflict explodes the true key to
defeating the Drehhu may lie in a remote mountain stronghold a wild rogue known as Hound and
Ammolite the young slave of a sorcerer more ancient than any nation and whose true loyalties
are entirely unknown.
