Red Tide ─ The Chronicles of the Exile

Red Tide, the third volume in Marc Turner's The Chronicles of the Exile, followingWhen the Heavens Fall and Dragon Hunters

The Rubyholt Isles is a shattered nation of pirate-infested islands and treacherous waterways shielding the seaboards of Erin Elal and the Sabian League. The Augerans approach the Warlord of the Isles, seeking passage for their invasion fleet through Rubyholt waters. When an Erin Elalese Guardian assassinates the Augeran commander in the Rubyholt capital, the Augerans raze the city, including its Temple of the White Lady. Just as Shroud comes calling on the goddess for help in settling a certain debt ...

Avallon Delamar, the Emperor of Erin Elal, requests a meeting with the Storm Lords to discuss an alliance against the Augerans. When the Augerans get word of the gathering, strike, in the hope of eliminating the Erin Elalese and Storm Lord high commands. They have not counted on the Rubyholters, however, who come seeking revenge for the destruction of their capital.

But the battle lines for the struggle are not as clearly drawn as it might at first appear.