Before they were Alyssa and the Captain, they were two lost souls on opposite sides. Seven years before the events of Storm Captain, Alyssa makes a choice that will change her life forever. An assassin on a mission. A dangerous runaway. A ship being pursued. And a heist to save an island’s people. Alyssa is the best assassin in her guild, she earns the best contracts and always, always completes her mission. When a wide contract sends every assassin in the area on a hunt for a fugitive she is determined to get there first. But when the contract goes awry and they fall through a tear in the fabric of the world, she finds herself marooned with her target in a strange new place. With no way to get home and unfamiliar with the local customs, the two take a job pulling off a heist at the royal palace. Surrounded by an unknown crew and growing closer to the woman she was supposed to kill, Alyssa must work out a plan to steal a relic from under the royal’s noses while keeping ahead of unknown pursuers and figuring out what to do with the strange woman she failed to kill.