Volume #12 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series featuring naval hero Thomas Kydd. Victorious at the Battle of Trafalgar, England now rules the seas and is free to colonize the furthest reaches of the world. Kydd joins an expedition to take the strategic harbour at Dutch-held Cape Town. With enemies lurking on all sides, Kydd and his men must defend the fragile colony while braving Africa's vast and hostile hinterland.