The Icarian Cup is a boat race around the Southern Archipelago, with a magnificent trophy and a fortune in sapphires waiting at the finish line. The race was closed in 1868 after too many captains vanished without explanation. Ships continued to disappear after that too, in the Southern Archipelago, which people say is cursed. But the Cup is back. All it needs are captains who know all of that and want to race anyway. A Fallen London story about a very dangerous competition that has reopened for reasons nobody has fully explained.