The First In An Epic Adventure Fantasy Trilogy Following A Crew Of Condemned Criminals On A Suicide Mission To Hunt The First Dragon Seen In Centuries... Violent Raids Plague The Divided Isles Of The Scattered Archipelago. Fleets Constantly Battle For Dominance And Glory, And No Commander Stands Higher Among Them Than Lucky Meas Gilbryn.but Betrayed And Condemned To Command A Ship Of Criminals, Meas Is Forced On Suicide Mission To Hunt The First Living Sea-dragon In Generations. Everyone Wants It, But Meas Gilbryn Has Her Own Ideas About The Great Beast. In The Scattered Archipelago, A Dragon's Life, Like All Lives, Is Bound In Blood, Death And Treachery.--publisher Description. R.j. Barker.