"Bless you, Tremayne, may you see the Preventive men ten minutes before they see you," said the grateful Parson, giving his customary blessing as he accepted the flagon of brandy.
Lowen Tremayne's timely rescue of a Spanish woman from a storm-driven shipwreck off the Cornish coast marks a turning point in his life. Meanwhile, the family's smuggling activities attract the attention of a government agency dealing in the murky business of espionage. Called upon to assist the agents both at home and in France, Lowen's skills as a smuggler are often all that stands between freedom and capture.
When local gentry, Napoleon's spies, and a rival Cornish family conspire against the State to undermine confidence in the military, mayhem and murder follow. Treading a fine line of divided loyalties between smuggling and helping the government, Lowen finds himself drawn deeper into the web of intrigue.
