England 1811.

Thomas Crabbe has just entered the ailing George III's navy as a young cadet. After a running battle and an injury confines him to the galley as the ship's cook he befriends an indentured African and the ship’s cat. The days of being the ships cook and throwing scraps to the ships cat are cut short when the three friends are seized as prisoners of war when their ship is captured but as a twist of fate separates them their lives truly will change forever. Thomas is swept into a world of intrigue, which leads him to the exciting but treacherous heart of 1800's Paris while back in England the Prince Regent waits impatiently to ascend the throne. As political unrest builds, across the channel the former Emperor of the French, Bonaparte, is ominously rattling his sabre.
Can a cat-loving cook save Europe from impending war? Will the unlikeliest of friendships endure and stand the test of time?