Synopsis

England, 5th November 1605. Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.

Kenelm Digby is horrified as he witnesses his father, Sir Everard Digby’s brutal execution of being hung, drawn and quartered in front of the baying crowd outside St. Paul's Cathedral for being a Gunpowder Plotter.

Kenelm vows to avenge his father's death by killing Sir Edward Coke the Attorney General and Lord Buckingham for they brooked no mercy with his father. However Kenelm’s beloved Venetia Stanley forces him to choose between marrying her and restoring his family’s honour or choosing the path of revenge.

Kenelm sets about restoring his family’s honour and proves useful to his king - Charles I. Commissioned as an Admiral on a privateering expedition on the high seas sent to acquire honour, prestige and wealth for England.

As the Battle of Scanderoon commences, will Kenelm prove victorious and regain redemption for his family?

This swashbuckling adventure is inspired by true events in the 17th Century.