Thomas Kydd was promoted to acting lieutenant at the bloody Battle of Camperdown in October 1797. Now, he must sit an examination to confirm his rank - or face an inglorious return before the mast. But this is only the first of many obstacles for a man who was pressed into the King's Service and discovered a calling for the sea. Kydd is from humble origins, yet he attains the lofty heights of the quarterdeck as an officer in His Majesty's Navy. If...

"Napoleon Bonaparte's ambitions for world domination are growing when Captain Sir Thomas Kydd of the British Royal Navy returns to his ship Tyger. Kydd is called on a mission to join a sea force to pressure Denmark to turn over the Danish fleet before it falls into Bonaparte's hands"--