Cape Agulhas, 1667. As war rages at sea between England and the Netherlands, Sir Francis Courtney and his son Hal lie in wait off the coast of South Africa aboard their caravel. After endless days and nights of waiting, a Dutch galleon appears on the horizon. It has come from the East, laden with spices, timber and gold...
The English privateers storm the ship and seize it. Along with its valuable cargo, the vessel carries the Dutch governor of the Cape of Good Hope colony, his beautiful wife and the commander of the military garrison. The Englishmen take their prize to their hideout at Elephant Lagoon.
But the waters are also being sailed by the ship of the Scottish Cochrane, Earl of Cobre. Known as “the Vulture” for his greed, he discovers Sir Francis’s hideout and attempts to seize his spoils and prisoners.
And so begins a furious chase by land and sea, a deadly struggle in which there will be no mercy for the defeated...