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The second installment of the thrilling maritime adventure; two mighty empires battle each other for control of the high seas. Atticus is the young captain of the Aquila, the flagship of the attack fleet of the Roman navy. But his commander is a young upstart whose position has been purchased...

A letter from a sea captain, signed only with cryptic initials, directs an experienced sailor to built and outfit a ship, and to assemble a crew to sail on a dangerous adventure. The voyage starts towards a northerly destination with, as far as anyone knows, no captain aboard. After some time at sea, the captain finally appears and announces his identity, and his plan to sail to the North Pole. The crew faces dangers and hardship as they fight their way through the icy seas, while the captain drives them with single-minded focus to find a passage ever farther north.

A French invasion fleet is poised to cross the Channel and storm the beaches of southern England. A member of Napoleon's inner circle contacts the British naval intelligence service in hopes of defecting to London. His escape plan calls for a rendezvous at an international chess tournament in Frankfurt. Naval intelligence sends its top man and best chess player, Captain Thomas Grey, to orchestrate the Frenchman's escape to England. But Grey's mission changes dramatically when the defector demands that his pro-Napoleon daughter come with him—expecting Grey to act as kidnapper.

Thomas Grey – Spion und Abenteurer im Namen der britischen Krone. England, 1803: Eine französische Invasionsflotte steht kurz davor, die Strände Südenglands zu stürmen, als ein Mitglied aus Napoleons innerstem Kreis den britischen Marinegeheimdienst in der Hoffnung kontaktiert, mit brisanten Informationen nach London überlaufen zu können. Das internationale Schachturnier in Frankfurt gibt ihm die seltene Gelegenheit, außerhalb Frankreichs zu reisen. Der Geheimdienst schickt seinen besten Spion – und Schachspieler – Kapitän Thomas Grey, um die Flucht des Franzosen nach England zu arrangieren.