After five years, Aoife Flanagan is still haunted by the ghost of her father, the Blood Pirate. And when the opportunity to escape the memory of her father arises, she takes it in the hopes of finally being free of him. But she soon realizes that a shadow with amber eyes has followed her across the Nauvian Sea, waiting for the perfect chance to strike.

But this shadow has a name, and his name is Shea Gallagher–her father's lookout that Aoife had thought died with the rest of the Blood Pirate's crew. But he is very much alive and has been watching Aoife for the past three years, waiting for the moment to complete his mission: Bring the Blood Pirate's daughter back to the seas.

In this conclusion to The Nauvian Chronicles, Aoife Flanagan gets her moment to shine as the leading heroine of her own story. Following in her older sister's footsteps, Aoife must discover who she is meant to be and where her place in the world is, while trying to not lose her heart to the charming pirate of her past in the process.