Adam Decker, three former officers, and several members of their previous crew are reunited in this privateer's sequel. The crew is once again offered ownership of a retired US Navy warship if they accept and complete the task of hunting down and capturing an old friend and their former weapons officer Cyrus Ko. Cy, now an international criminal, has organized and is leading a group of Somali pirates in raiding merchant freighters throughout the Gulf of Aden. Their adventures take the crew and their new ship around the world where they experience the glories and dangers of real-world marauding.