The seventeenth Sharpe novel sees Sharpe returning from India to London to join the newly formed Green jackets.In this adventure, Sharpe is on his way home from India. He is sailing with the Royal Navy, who are hunting a formidable French warship, the _Revenant_, carrying a secret treaty that may prove lethal to the British.The _Revenant_ makes it to the safety of the French and Spanish fleets off Cadiz, and it seems Sharpe_s enemies have found safety. Yet over the horizon is another fleet, led by Nelson, and Sharpe_s revenge will come in a savage climax when the two armadas meet on a calm October day off Cape Trafalgar.
