Now the first mate of a large frigate, Sarkin feels that his life as a pirate is nearly perfect. But during a routine raid of a merchant vessel he rescues a teenage boy about to be killed by a soldier and instantly plunges the whole crew into a new adventure. Krift has a special talent, and a strange mark on his forehead. A mark like that made by a Griffin's claw. Skon Yew's griffin, Nightwing, is still at large in the world. And he is collecting...