A pre-dawn fire that nearly destroys the colonial city of Boston. A young witch in the town of Dedham who harbors a terrible secret. A magick-laden blade for which otherwise sane men might kill. A perilous encounter with Boston's most notorious thieftaker, the lovely and cruel Sephira Pryce. And, at last, the true story of the bloody mutiny aboard the privateering ship Ruby Blade.

This collection of short fiction from award-winning author D.B. Jackson returns readers to 1760s Boston and the exploits of Ethan Kaille, thieftaker and conjurer. Walk back in time to a city whose taverns serve Kent ales and rum flips, and whose streets are beset by revolutionaries, patrolled by British soldiers, and prowled by thieves, conjurers, and murderers.