Ulysses Ferragut, a Valencian sea captain raised on Homer and the legends of the Mediterranean, commands his own steamer when the Great War breaks out. In Naples he falls under the spell of Freya Talberg, a beautiful and mysterious woman working for German intelligence, and his passion draws him into a secret errand for the U-boats with consequences for his family and his conscience.
A lush, patriotic novel of the sea and the war by the author of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Download the free EPUB.