1. Conquistador
A Devon boy leaves England with his father, an experienced master gunner, in the early years of Henry VIII’s reign. Their voyage draws them into piracy and then towards the Spanish-controlled Atlantic world, where new weapons, seaborne trade and the first phase of conquest are rapidly…
2. The English Adventurer
Thomas has escaped slavery but remains in a world where survival depends on serving men more powerful than himself. As a gunner aboard a Spanish galleon he learns the weapons and routines of ocean warfare, encountering piracy and the violent competition surrounding ships carrying valuable cargo…