Fate was not too kind to Darian Frey, captain of the Katie Jay. The crew alone is worth it... Krake is a demonist on the run, traveling with an armored golem and weighed down with guilt. Jez is the new navigator who is clearly hiding something from the rest of the crew. Mulvery is a disgraced doctor who regularly drinks himself half to death... It is not surprising that when the opportunity to steal a chest of jewelry comes up, Frey easily agrees to it, unaware that he is involving himself and his crew in a series of dirty intrigues. When the attack on the ship "Ace of Skulls" ", with the Archduke's son on board, doesn't quite go as planned, Frey suddenly discovers that he is the most wanted man in Vardia. But Darian defies both fate and his opponents. All the threads of the conspiracy lead to the legendary pirate city - Falls of Retribution and the team of "Cattie Jay" must at all costs expose their enemies and survive...