The Nine Suns...where empires rise and fall in a haze of gunpowder smoke, steel and magic, where fortune awaits those with courage to seize it. It is an age of adventure...and an easy place to die.
Gaebrel is a smuggler, a wandering rogue always one step ahead of death. Taken prisoner by a cruel pirate queen, he bargains for his freedom by promising to steal a mighty treasure. With a motley crew of desperate men, he sets sail on the boundless Empyrean, sword in hand and betrayal all around.
Yet there is another who seeks the treasure: Ulzarad the Neverborn, who gains his power by devouring the souls of victims. He will stop at nothing to possess it.
War ripples across the Universe. Worlds gather their fleets for battle, while Gaebrel races against time to win freedom and fortune.
Gaebrel's Gamble...and it's winner takes all.