Esta serie sumerge a los lectores en el turbulento mundo de la guerra naval e intrigas políticas a finales del siglo XVIII. Sigue el viaje de un joven oficial naval navegando por un traicionero panorama de deber, honor y lealtad en medio de crecientes conflictos internacionales. Cada entrega ofrece emocionantes aventuras donde el coraje y las decisiones rápidas son primordiales para la supervivencia en un brutal entorno marítimo. Prepárate para una saga llena de traición, valentía y actos heroicos en alta mar.
Born to an English father and a French mother, lieutenant Charles Saunders Hayden's career is damned by his ?mixed? heritage. Assigned to the HMS Themis , an aging frigate under the command of a captain reviled by his crew for both his brutality towards his men and his cowardice in battle, Hayden is torn between honor and duty, as the British navy engages the French in a centuries-old struggle for power.
'Fire as she bears. Rake her, lads.' Winter, 1793. Newly promoted Master and Commander Charles Hayden's orders are to deliver the frigate HMS Themis to Lord Admiral Hood, whose fleet is sheltering in the Mediterranean. Only hours out of port, however, and the Themis is engaging with the French navy.
Captain Charles Hayden has orders to destroy a French frigate sailing from Le Havre and to gather intelligence from a royalist spy. On discovering French plans for an imminent attack on British soil, Hayden must return to Portsmouth to give warning before it is too late. But the enemy have been lying in wait for him, and so begins a dangerous chase out into the Atlantic and into the midst of a French squadron.