About the book: year / Soon after Thomas Marlowe arrives in Williamsburg, Virginia, everyone in this newly proclaimed capital speaks his name. With the reward of years of piracy—a life he intends to renounce and keep secret forever—he buys a beautiful plantation from a brilliant young widow, and soon after, in defense of her honor, he kills the favorite son of one of Virginia's most powerful families in defense. But this bold act causes local aristocrats to wag their tongues, but at the same time, he is offered to take command of the colony's decrepit patrol ship, the Plymouth Prize. But even as the enigmatic Marlow bravely leads the Royal Marines in a bloody battle against the cutthroats infesting the waters off the coast of Virginia, a threat from his past looms on the horizon that could ruin Marlow and his plans. Jean-Pierre Leroy, captain of the Retribution, a pirate and bandit known even among other cutthroats for his exorbitant cruelty and debauchery, plots to seize the riches of the colony, forcing Marlowe to choose between losing everything he holds dear or facing the only man he can lose to. in a fight. Only a tense standoff on the high seas can decide whether the nearby waters of the Chesapeake Bay will be governed by the Crown or the Brothers of the Coast.