To say he was a work in progress would be an understatement as his character was developed and grew and the novel progressed. The individual crew members of the Ketty Jay are introduced to the reader one by one, with each revealing their story, apart from the Captain. I’m not saying it will replace the crew of Serenity, but it will go a long way to filled the void, and feed the need for a good pirate/cowboy steampunk western. If you are a Browncoat who is lost in lamentations over the cancellation of Firefly, this is the book for you. It's going to take all his criminal talents to prove he's not the criminal they think he is. He must face liars and lovers, dogfights and gunfights, Dukes and daemons. If he wants to prove it, he's going to have to catch the real culprit. That freighter was rigged to blow, and Frey has been framed to take the fall. Suddenly Frey isn't just a nuisance anymore - he's public enemy number one, with the Coalition Navy on his tail and contractors hired to take him down. Until the heist goes wrong, and the freighter explodes. So a hot tip on a cargo freighter loaded with valuables seems like a great prospect for an easy heist and a fast buck. With their trio of ragged fighter craft, they run contraband, rob airships and generally make a nuisance of themselves. An inveterate womaniser and rogue, he and his gang make a living on the wrong side of the law, avoiding the heavily armed flying frigates of the Coalition Navy. Frey is the captain of the Ketty Jay, leader of a small and highly dysfunctional band of layabouts.

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