When portal-mage Harkon Bright and his apprentice, Aimee de Laurent, are asked to help select a new captain for the immense skyship Iseult, they very quickly find themselves embroiled in the machinations of its machiavellian officer's court. Meanwhile their new recruit, Elias, struggles to adapt to his unexpected gift of life while suffering dark dreams of an ancient terror. As the skies darken and the storm-clouds gather on the...