All witches are sea witches. Ever since she was a child, Amnandi Khumalo, daughter of one of the most respected witches on Erah, lived for exploration on the open seas. And ever since her first trip aboard The Bane , Captain Maab Pinyasama has been happy to oblige. Now no longer a child, and sailing with the captain to learn and to challenge her own witchly abilities as much as to explore, the 17-year-old witch has to confront a mystery upon the sea placed in front of The Bane by no less than the goddess herself. The feathers of ravens have risen upon the waves, wide as a plague. It doesn't take long to realize this plague is guided…and spreading. The young witch knows evil and the damage it does. As the Bane and its crew face all-too-human dangers at every turn—and traveling without her mother's guidance--has she learned enough to face the ready fire within all witches to do the most harm rather than the needed good?