Five years in chains. One night of fire and blood. Now Martine Conisby is free, and he wants justice. Sold into slavery by the man he once called friend, Martine escaped a Spanish galleon during a desperate sea battle, surviving the Mediterranean to return to England with one purpose: to destroy Lord Wendover, the noble who betrayed him. But fate has a cruel sense of humor. Wendover's daughter, the fiery Lady Joan Brandon, crosses his path, and despite everything, Martine finds himself falling for the one woman who could unravel his single-minded quest for vengeance. When word surfaces of Black Bartlemy, the notorious pirate whose treasure lies buried on a distant island, Martine sees an opportunity: follow the legend, claim the gold, and use Wendover's own greed to bring him low. What follows is a sweeping tale of disguise, danger, and desire, where every step toward treasure draws Martine deeper into a web where love and revenge become impossible to separate. Farnol delivers old-fashioned adventure at its finest, romantic, rousing, and utterly transporting.
