Meet Captain Alexandria de Sade, the proud and once loyal captain of Naviwerks chrono-ship #25. When she learned the truth about how the company was fleecing their customers she turned her back on the promotion they offered her, left the man she loved without a word, and disappeared with her ship. With a plan in mind to undermine Naviwerks' business of artifact and heirloom retrieval, Captain Alex hired on several like-minded misfits to crew her chrono-ship which she re-christened The William's Hunt. They are: An awkward but genius Horotech, an irascible ex-marine, a flamboyant playboy, a churlish physician, and a hot-shot pilot. Their first venture: go to Milan, Italy 1490 and retrieve the working model of Leonardo da Vinci's Gran Cavallo before Naviwerks does. What should have been a simple snatch and run mission for the newly formed band of pirates goes south nearly immediately. In their struggle to recover, they learn that there is much more behind Naviwerks' actions. Captain Alex and the crew of The William's Hunt are the only ones that stand a chance of putting things right, and it seems as if her crew's every step takes them deeper and deeper into discovering just how nefarious Naviwerks truly is.