The Sea Dragon's Vault - by Nicholas Clifford (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A forgotten ship. A deadly legend. A fate that refuses to stay buried.

Laaytiaer Marianas has never aspired to greatness. As a down-on-his-luck smuggler eking out a living in the rust-stained docks of Lutum, he's spent most of his life trying to outrun two things: the celebrated legacy of his mother-the Republic's most renowned treasure hunter-and the guilt-soaked memory of the day she died.

But everything changes when a routine job lands him aboard the long-vanished flagship of the storied knight Ser Vannae Belpharos. Hidden within its decaying hull is a clue pointing toward the fabled Sea Dragon's Vault, a treasure whispered about in taverns, temples, and nightmares. Some say it's wealth incarnate. Others say it should never be found.

Armed with a desire to prove his worth, Laaytiaer thrusts himself into a frantic chase alongside his volatile dwarf partner, Gorek, and his unflappable, razor-sharp butler, Sebascan. Their journey plunges them into the crosshairs of cutthroat pirates, eldritch forces, and the enigmatic masked warlord known as Sios.

As legends come alive and horrors awaken from the deep past, Laaytiaer will confront dark truths about the realm's magic-and force him to choose between the life he's clung to and the destiny that has been stalking him since birth.