The Last of the Sky Pirates John Francome and it sings its protest

and it sings its protest in a voice at once crude and delicate

many bodies and an ancient crime more terrible than murder

Their interconnecting stories form a deeply affecting legacy of two island families

the incurable itches of middle-aged lust

The Last of the Sky Pirates John Francome and it sings its protestFifty years after the floating city of Sanctaphrax was swept away, the Edgeworld has changed. For the worse. Cruel shrykes control the great Mire Road whilst slave labour is endemic. When a young apprentice knight academic, Rook, sets out on a perilous journey through the Deepwoods, he meets a mysterious stranger living with the banderbears and is propelled right into the middle of a dangerous adventure in which a small group of fighters must