Everyone knows that Captain Drake Morruss cares only about himself.

On a distant shore, the fires of a dying city are blazing, and Drake sees this as an opportunity to unite the rest of the pirate captains under his flag and declare himself king. If he succeeds, he will need allies, and the Oracle has said that his right hand will be Keelin Stillwater, the best swordsman of the islands.

Enemy ships ply its waters and burn its cities, the sinister Tanner Black threatens to seize the throne yet before Drake has a chance to board him, and with all this in mind, Drake Morrass must somehow convince the other captains that his best interests coincide with theirs.

"Loyalty and Lies" - the first book in the "Last Plans" duology, and takes place in the same world as the "Ties That Bind" trilogy. The story of Captain Drake Maurrass continues from the same place where we left him in the last book.