Ajax Levant is a rising star in the Savaran navy, destined for a long, successful career as a pirate-hunter. His family adores him, and only his wife and best friend know about his illicit past. But all that falls apart when he is thrust into the middle of a civil war and betrayed by the very nation that he served. Levant and his best friend are abandoned in a city where everyone wants them dead. To survive, they must become the very thing they have hunted for so long: pirates. In this tale of betrayal and revenge, Levant must use every bit of trickery he can manage just to survive. Every rule of warfare is thrown overboard as Privateer Captain Ajax Levant stands against a sadistic crime lord with a penchant for mutilation, a slave-trading aristocracy that wants him dead, and a rancorous sorcerer plotting in the shadows. From the assassination of a leading aristocrat, to the appropriation of an entire merchant fleet, to the invasion of a fortified city, Levant's vengeance will be ruthless. But as the body count rises and the stakes grow higher, Levant quickly realizes that he is a pawn in someone else's game, and he just became expendable.