Far and mysterious as a legend, place on the border between two oceans, in 1667 the Cape of Good Hope is a point of vital importance on the routs between Europe and Asia. And Sir Francis Courteney is charged to patrol that strategic zone to prevent the passage to the galleons of the Dutch East India Company. While he is carrying out his charge, Sir Francis Courteney, skilled sailor and fearless corsair, as well as Nautonnier Knight, intends to educate his child Hal to the loyalty and to the most refined technical of fight. They both, however, in the merciless struggle imposed by the war, have to encounter with corrupt and thirsty men, prepared to commit the most ferocious violences in order to seize the rich treasures of the galleons. |
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