 Lewrie places his career, and life of his new wife and infant son, in jeopardy by pursuing a piracy ring and exposing its leaders.Following several years of peaceful life as a well-off tenant farmer in England with three children, Lewrie is recalled to active duty in January 1793 as the French Revolutionary Wars begin finally draw England in as a combatant.This adventure ("HMS Cockrel") sees Lewrie in service with the Impress Service (as England ramps up to a larger navy), as the first lieutenant aboard a frigate sent into the Mediterranean, and to the siege of Toulon.