A pirate ship with LGBT crew members in the same world as Creatures of Grace (Pacific Book Awards - Fantasy Finalist 2014). They started as separate lives: A young girl's life is turned upside down when she and everyone else discover that she's actually a boy, a deceit created by her mother to avoid the draft into the army. Years later, a soldier performs an act to prove his masculinity, that would result in turning his life upside down yet again. A cavalry captain helplessly watches his best friend's decline from a war hero to a drug addict. The matter becomes worse when the captain's own husband, one of the most powerful judges in the city, chooses to prioritize law over loyalty. A woman must choose between her freedom and supporting her family when her openly bent nature comes to the attention of the king. His Majesty blackmails her into make a decision that would eventually change their lives in ways no one could foresee. These complete strangers cross paths and, with others, realize that together they could make their own rules of what their lives should be and how others should treat them. Meet the pirate crew of a very different nature.