Following his rapid rise through the ranks of the King's Navy during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, Hornblower's latest adventures chart a course for unexpected peril as he confronts deadly new adversaries -- on both land and sea. Mutiny: After being forced to deal with a brutal captain who is rapidly going insane, Hornblower is treatened with a court-martial and hanging. Retribution: With the insane captain imprisoned and an incompetent lieutenant in charge, Hornblower must lead a strike force to recapture an enemy fort.