A breathless story of murders old and new and desperate rescues in raging seas against a background of violence and treachery.
Only hard men survive along the River and Jim Dagger is the hardest of them all. He makes sure he wins every lucrative job and he crushes anyone who gets in his way.
Then Nathan Sullivan arrives.
Dagger may have met his match at last, but before there can be a final reckoning the two men have to deal with contraband runners and unscrupulous businessmen who also ply their trade along the River.
More lives may be claimed before matters are finally settled with the ruthless King of the River: Jim Dagger.