All good things come to an end. And here it is: the last stand of Katie Jay and her fearless crew.

They were shot down, framed and deceived. They stole priceless treasures, destroyed the ten-thousand-year-old city of the Azriks, and somehow accidentally killed the Archduke's son. And now they have started a civil war. And this time they are in really serious trouble.

As Vardia descends into chaos, Captain Fry makes every effort to keep his crew away from him. He's focused on other things, not least the fate of Trinica Draken. But war tends to draw people into it, and sooner or later they will have to choose a side in it. Make a choice in which their own lives will be at stake. Cities will fall and demons will rise. Old secrets will be revealed. New threats will make themselves felt. Who will stand against them when the smoke clears?