Corsair

For years, the Linyati slavers have raided the coasts of Saros with impunity. But now swashbuckling captain Gareth Radnor has taken command of the carrack Steadfast... and of Destiny itself. For the exiled young sailor seeks vengeance against the slavers who murdered his family. A man of fearless daring, Gareth is joined by a motley crew-clever Knoll N'b'ry, strongman Thom Tehidy, the giant sorcerer Labala, and the beautiful, rebellious Lady Cosyra. Together, they become pirates against evil, seawolves attacking the Linyati, even defying their own King's truce. Then Gareth makes a discovery that turns his crusade into a cause more important than glory, wealth, or retribution: The Linyati aren't human...

THE SEA HORROR

A cabin door on the deck above the fighters slammed open, and a nightmare burst out. It was an enormous, tailless lizard, half as tall as a man, with a long, fanged head like a crocodile. Its skin was large, rainbow-hued scales, and it carried a forward-curving sword in each four-fingered claw. It moved impossibly fast, leaping down the ladder, slashing into pirates, spinning away from counterthrusts and lunges, squealing all the while. Gareth shot at it with one of his pistols, missed, and, guts clenching, went for the monster with his sword...