Short Synopsis
The Sea-Hawk is a tale of mighty ships and bloody battles, of strange places and exotic bazaars—it is a story of true love and a romance that rings through the ages. It is a tale that is more alive today than it was when Rafael Sabatini first published it nearly a century ago.

Full Synopsis
Oliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman who helped defeat the Spanish Armada, is betrayed by his jealous half-brother. When the ship he is on is captured by the Spanish, he is made a galley slave. Freed from slavery by Barbary pirates, he joins up with them and becomes a follower of Islam and the scourge of European ships. Taking the name "Sakr-el-Bahr," or "The Hawk of the Sea," he swears vengeance against his brother. It is this desire for revenge that brings him back to the British shores where he is a wanted man.