" Most ships ran up as many sheets as they could carry and fled before the wind, for to see the Iron Rose's pyramid of canvas turning into the chase, usually meant her brother's ships, the Tribute and the Valor were not far off her beam. And woe betide the arrogant captain of any vessel who thought only to shake off the three pups pursuing him; chances were better than nine out of ten that the Pirate Wolf himself, Simon Dante, would have already circled his Avenger around to lie in wait off their bows. "

― Marsha Canham , The Iron Rose (Dante Pirates, #2)