At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the British Empire stretched from the English Channel to the Indian Ocean. One of the builders of this empire, a participant in all the wars that England waged at that time, was Rifleman Sharpe. In the novel “The Prey of Rifleman Sharpe,” the hero, on instructions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, goes on a secret mission to Copenhagen. Napoleon plans an invasion of neutral Denmark. He wants to capture her powerful fleet. It is vital for the Emperor to compensate for his own losses in the Battle of Trafalgar. Sharpe's task is to thwart the plans of the French. The fifth novel in the series "The Adventures of Richard Sharpe."