Everybody knows that Verida is in chaos, with a new queen on the throne and stone elves at the gates, but it doesn't explain why the city is starving. With a good guess at why grain isn't flowing into the city like normal, Katrina and the Flying Phoenix head to Boton to buy grain and attempt to keep their biggest market from falling apart - and make a handsome profit.This is just the beginning, though, as they find new threats to Verida that no one else can address and, what's more, she's going to have to do it without Casset, because he's committed to escort Ruby for one final trip home.They're headed into strange waters, and they're going to be tested to see just how strong they are, if they're going to make it through rough journeys and old feuds. The Flying Phoenix is off on a new adventure. Climb aboard so you don't miss out. Pirate of Gold and Stone is a part of the greater Verida universe, and is recommended in sequence between Phoenix of the Burning Seas, book 3 of the Ever in a Pirate's Eye series, and Clan of Three Staffs, book 1 of the Hill Chargers series.