In the eighth story in the highly acclaimed Drinkwater series, Capt. Nathaniel Drinkwater confronts formidable enemies, mutiny, and a beautiful and mysterious ally.
The capture of a Spanish frigate augurs well for Drinkwater, but he has disturbed a hornets' nest of colonial intrigue. The Spanish are eager to humiliate him and he finds himself in solitary confinement and his ship a prize of the enemy.