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Some names become legends. Others become warnings. To the Royal Navy, Captain Kylian Rhys is one of the western sea's most wanted pirates. To countless coastal villages, he's the reason medicine arrived before winter, food reached starving families, and hope survived another storm. Kylian once believed in the Crown as deeply as his older brother Rowan, a respected Royal Navy commander. Everything changed when Rowan was accused of treason after a convoy vanished. The trial lasted a day. The execution, even less. Convinced his brother had been framed, Kylian spent years searching for the truth. Witnesses disappeared. Records vanished. Every request for justice was denied. So he stole a decommissioned frigate, gathered others abandoned by the Crown, and disappeared beyond the Admiralty's reach. The Navy branded them pirates. His crew called it freedom. Now Kylian commands The Wayward Star, a haven for former sailors, medics, refugees, and outcasts who protect the innocent while defying the Crown. Everything changes when he captures Admiral Alistair Ashcroft's child—the only person he believes can force the Admiral to answer for Rowan's death. But his prisoner refuses to be intimidated. Instead of defending their father, they demand proof, question every accusation, and challenge Kylian as fiercely as they challenge the Admiralty itself. As buried secrets surface, both discover that the conspiracy reaches far beyond one Admiral. Some enemies wear uniforms. Some heroes are called pirates. And sometimes the greatest battle isn't defeating your enemy—it's choosing justice over revenge.