A bloody riot arose on the high seas - and soon the rebels took possession of the ship.

Now the beautiful Spaniard Juliana Mendoza, sailing at the behest of her father: to England to her unloved groom, is a captive of their leader, a bitter one who knows no pity Patrick McClane, obsessed with revenge.

What awaits Juliana? Death? Shame and grief? Or the happiness of shared love with a man who is ready to protect his beloved to the last drop of blood?..