The world is ending, and it will take a pirate, a prince, and the Moon to make things right again.  Ilis is a coming-of-age pirate living in a world where odd—and dangerous—things are beginning to happen. The Sun only sets for mere hours at a time, and the Moon hasn’t been seen for so long that people think it a myth. The Sun’s scorching rays, however, are real and beginning to dry up the ocean.  It’s hard to be profitable pirates when the seas turn to dust; even more so when there is an outrageous price upon the crew’s heads due to a failed heist that was entirely Ilis’s fault. Desperate to redeem herself, Ilis sets off on a new heist that could buy back their freedom. However, her plan is interrupted by a prince who shows her that the shattered Moon's absence in the night sky is the reason their world is burning. With pointless wars brewing and natural disasters on the rise, Ilis and her new crew believe they might have discovered how to restore the Moon to its whole, rightful place.  But things are heating up fast. If they don’t manage to complete the Moon in the next sixty-two hours, the planet will die a fiery death, and Ilis will have failed yet again to keep her crew safe.