Scimitar Moon

"It's an oath that would build a nation of pirates -- so Captain Bloodwind, the Lord of the Shattered Isles, belives. He doesn't want much, after...just everything. And that which he cannot have, he will destroy. Cynthia Flaxal knows this first hand, for he's destroyed everything she's ever loved. But Cynthia has plans for revenge. She is no warrior, and thanks to Bloodwind's murdering her parents, she will never be a seamage like her father. But she can build ships, like her grandfather did.....But Bloodwind has spies and assassins in every port, and would have Cynthia's new ships for his own. And Odea, goddess of the sea, has other plans for her. So when Cynthia's ships finally set sail, both Captain Bloodwind and Odea are ready"--p. [4] of cover.