Publisher's blurb: The long-standing trade agreement between the merchant Augustine Casby and the ruler of the local Mer-Folk King Loech Kelpflower is being dashed on the rocks when the king finds that the death of one of his daughters is due to the reckless romantic advances of Merchant Casby's only son. Merchant Casby has no idea that the reason all his vessels are being attacked at Lake are from the deal bartered between a grieving father and a wretched Sea Hag. Augustine is hiring adventurers willing to risk it all to get to the bottom of the recent run of bad luck that has befallen his merchant company.