Andrei Serov is a circus performer in civilian life, a special forces soldier in the army, and after the army a private detective. One of his investigations leads him not just anywhere, but to the 18th century. After long wanderings, he rises from an ordinary sailor to captain on the pirate brig Raven. His name now is Marquis André de Serra.
However unserious it may seem, patriotism gives him no peace. He wants to serve his state, even if it is the one that existed several centuries before his birth. His idea is to break through to the Baltic and help Tsar Peter in building the Russian fleet. But getting from the West Indies to the Baltic is no easy task. The very first storm near the Canaries ruins all plans. And the attack on the Raven by Maghrebi pirates, masters of the Western Atlantic and the Mediterranean, forces him to postpone the voyage north altogether—his loyal comrades and his beautiful wife Sheila end up in captivity. They must be freed at any cost!