The Defiance

A pirate's life is devoted to defying the government; a soldier's is pledged to defending it. Savvy, beautiful, and fiercer than a caged eagle, Captain Aquiline carries a reputation that boasts more infamy than that of any other pirate; she is a living legend. Dark, grotesque, and more merciless than the blade of his longsword, Commander Blaze evokes fear even from his own soldiers; he is the nightmare that haunts children's dreams. Yet Aquiline and Blaze remain best friends. As both struggle for opposite forces of the impending war, their greatest battle is not living on opposing sides, but living with opposing decisions. One will choose friendship over duty, the other duty over friendship. And those two decisions will define the destiny of their world.