Pirates and Patriots

England, 1554. Fifteen-year-old Francis Drake is realising his dream of sailing on the open seas. After training with his cousins William and John Hawkins in their naval business, he takes his first commission upon the Bonaventure.

But when disaster strikes the ship and Francis saves the men with his quick thinking, he makes an enemy of the captain, who threatens to charge him with mutiny.

Francis must seek a new path to make his fortune - and as English-Spanish relations grow ever tenser, he may soon be needed to help save his country from the threat of war…