Airship Captain Adena Nightingale takes on a smuggling run - and gets more than she bargained for. Out on the frigid desert of BloodDark World's night side, she rescues Earthman Greg Cole, an escaped slave from a Pure Blood mine.
Greg wants to rescue his friend, kidnapped with him and held somewhere in the City of Night.
Adena's okay with that, but she doesn't know something strange lurks in the Oculus Nightingale's cargo bay.
When they reach the City of Night all hell breaks loose. Adena, Greg, and the sentient brass parrot Mr. Phibuli find themselves caught up in the aftershocks of an ancient war - and they have their work cut out for them in order to survive.