Ari's spiral into the underground of Battery City, home to the warring assassin and pirate guilds, begins in the ruins of civilization. Heir to the Pirate King, Ari possesses a contract that could end the battle forever. The only thing in his way? His brother. And his love for a certain pirate girl. As pirates and assassins collide in a world teetering on the brink of survival, one boy's dark slide across the apocalypse brings to life a cinematic, high-concept YA reimagining of Cain and Abel.