1592. Four years after Englands defeat of the Spanish Armada, tensions still run deep, especially between Sir Francis Drake, The Queens Pirate, and his lifelong nemesis, Captain Don Sandovate. An encounter with a mysterious Syrian sultan, however, finds the two men and their crews engaged in a daring race against time, each embarking upon a desperate quest to exotic foreign lands where they face perilous obstacles and untold dangers at every turn.