The next book is always better than the last there was great adventure and battles and many other things along the way. The characters are still so interesting loved reading about them as always Hal is my favorite he is a very well rounded character I also liked Lydia a strong female character with a lot to her that makes her interesting. The plot is great it picks up right where it left off with Hal and crew after the Raven and Zavac to get back what was stolen so they travel for days then stop there are issues and training is had with many new things being added the the ship. Other things happen a ways off a town is attacked by the pirates new character Lydia escapes eventually meets up with Hal and the others more Skandians show up to help so a plan is made so they do many things and a town is taken back from the pirates only the bad guy escapes with the Heron and Hal and crew after it adding Lydia to the mix looking forward to reading more.