Astrid has always wanted to be a merchant like her father, sailing the nine seas and bringing priceless cargo home to Bel harbor. Her dreams seem safe until her father's quest to find the fabled Staff of Maltina ended in blood and horror. Now his shamed famliy is in hiding, and his ship, the Light of Beldora, belongs to the powerful Zolah fleet. But Astrid's ambition burns as fiercely as ever. And when she suddenly gets the chance to win back her future, she knows she has to take it--whatever the cost. She has no idea that shadows from a distant, haunted isle are watching her every move...All Rights Reserved