It is February 1806. The frigate carrying Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor off the shores of southern Africa. It is only four months since the resounding victory over the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar & the death of Englands greatest naval hero. Bolithos instructions are to assist in hastening the campaign in Africa where an expeditionary force is attempting to recapture Cape Town from the Dutch. Outside Europe few have yet heard of the battle of Trafalgar & Bolithos news is met with both optimism & disappointment as he reminds the senior officers that despite the victory Napoleans defeat is by no means assured. The men who follow Bolithos flag into battle are to discover not for the first time that death is the only victor.