Chapter 2, Ollie Shoemaker:
Ollie Shoemaker, middle son from the ruling house of Perdition, hundreds of miles away, stood on the prow of the lead ship of a small flotilla of six ships. He inspected the flag of truce flying on the main mast over his family’s flag, the white scale of commerce on a field of black. The white flag of truce was easy to spot in the light of Major and Minor, the two moons. It was hoped the flag of truce would stop any attacks from Zar’s warships, he knew it wouldn’t hinder the pirates that plundered the war zone. That’s why they traveled with six ships instead of one. His escort ships’ lateen sails were easy to spot at his flanks. He knew each of the escort ships were heavily armed, while his craft—as a ship of peace—carried only crew, no soldiers or armaments fo
