The Stern Chase

A pirate captain has spent months raiding Skandian shipping with impunity, disappearing into a coastline of coves and small islands no Skandian ship is small enough to follow him into. The Heron is that small. A stern chase is a long chase, and this one is.

The Stern Chase is the current final book in the Brotherband Chronicles — a tight, single-pursuit story that closes on the kind of quiet beat the series earned by not overcomplicating its last act. Flanagan has not announced a tenth Brotherband book as of 2026.