Almarin. My Name Is Alsander.

The corvette “Southern Cross,” carrying crates of tobacco and rum, arrives in a backwater town. But the crew becomes embroiled in a terrifying incident. After it, the young captain leaves the ship—and even the entire crew—and heads to the capital of the turbulent Morea, a small kingdom stretched between two seas. In the capital, for reasons known only to him, the captain takes the side of the young king who has almost no power, and sets in motion plans for revenge against the leader of the rebels—Count Ernesto Roderico.

Why is the captain playing such an incomprehensible and complicated game of “dangerous chess”? You’ll find out.