The captain of a Greek ship seeks revenge against Mark Antony for the murder of his father, aided and abetted by the courage of the cabin boy – named Ratboy because he looks like a rat and can’t remember his real name anyway – and the astonishing struggles the plucky crew must go through out of conviction that right will prevail.
An all-action tale of espionage, courage based on the Battle of Actium (31 BC), a clash of ancient navies upon which the future of the known world hangs.