In the lawless ports of the southern seas, a sellsword takes a contract that will test more than his blade.

Blood and gold have always been simple exchanges for Ashar-until a dark-eyed woman in chains offers him something far more dangerous than coin. In volcanic halls where pleasure and violence intertwine, nothing is what it seems.

Some contracts are written in ink. Others are carved in flesh.

A savage tale of desire and steel, where every touch could be betrayal and surrender might be the deadliest weapon of all.