Commodore Hornblower // The Commodore

With the fate of Europe hanging on the outcome of his mission, the indefatigable Horatio Hornblower returns to sea with the rank of commodore. Aided by a small but powerful squadron, he sails to the bloody vortex of a nightmare to sway alliances and save Britain.

It is 1812, and the thunderous boom of Napoleonic terror echoes across the Baltic. With England's naval supremacy dependent on goods from those waters, Hornblower must sail to the heart of an impending holocaust to protect the Baltic trade. Surrounded by fog and ice and shoals, threatened by deadly French privateers, the incomparable Commodore Hornblower battles for his country and his life in a war of nerves, cunning, and courage that will decide the history of the world ...