Aric Athair is dead, but the fight for the Bullet Seas is far from over. Caledonia's nemesis, Lir, has seized control of the warlord's army. She and her crew flee to Cloudbreak to prepare for an all-out war. As defecting soldiers begin to show up in droves to join their fight, it seems like the tides might be turning -- until a surprise attack decimates the growing rebellion. Now Caledonia is forced to make an unlikely and unsteady alliance with a new enemy -- a gamble that could cost her everything.