There used to be a time when a pirate could sail the seas, plundering and pillaging without fear. The skull and crossbones brought with it a terror which could show the might of a pirate. Now is not that time. With Julia Hamond gone, Captain Riggs is left with his ragtag crew aboard the . With each day, he falls deeper into madness, even as the Navy bears down on the pirates. In a desperate bid to rid himself of grief, Riggs takes the crew on a quest to find a mysterious treasure. If only he knew the monster lying in wait... ...and the forces following it. Dawn of a Red Sky is the fourth of five books in the Red Sky Series by Ryan Gilbert.