Book 2 of the Khumalo trilogy. The end of one journey always begins another. As Amnandi Khumalo nears the completion of her seagoing apprenticeship under the legendary Captain Maab, the ordinary swiftly and decisively spirals into nightmare. The raging madness of a false king forces their tired crew ever outward, through seafolk and shapeshifting ravens...to the threshold of the gods themselves.

A ship. A crew. A whisper. A witch…