The quest for the gold takes Stryker across storm-ravaged seas, through enemy territory and finally to the Royalist stronghold of Basing House. Feared by ally and enemy alike, he is a man whose determination is only matched by his hatred for Stryker.
A formidable Parliamentarian agent has been sent ahead of Stryker's force, intent on defeating Royalist plans. But a seemingly simple mission to the remote Scilly Isles is soon jeopardised, for enemies lie in wait. As an increasingly bitter war rages across England, Captain Innocent Stryker leaves Oxford with orders to recover a lost treasure, vital to the success of the Royalist cause.