The King has returned. The Caribbean is still at war. And Ned Yorke is about to become admiral of the most dangerous fleet in the West Indies.

With Charles II restored to the English throne, Ned Yorke could abandon the sea and reclaim his former life as a wealthy planter. But the Spanish still rule the Caribbean with an iron hand — and beyond the Line, peace means nothing.

When the scattered Brethren of the Coast ask Ned to become their admiral, he inherits a lawless fleet of buccaneers from across Europe: brave, unpredictable and hungry for the greatest prize the Spanish Empire has to offer.

A vast fortune in silver lies inside the heavily fortified port of Portobelo, waiting for a treasure fleet that may never arrive. To seize it, Ned must transform a drunken rabble into disciplined sea soldiers, outmanoeuvre enemies within English-held Jamaica and lead twenty-eight ships against seemingly impregnable Spanish defences.

Failure will mean capture, torture and death. Victory could make the Brethren rich beyond imagination... and establish Ned Yorke as the most formidable buccaneer commander in the Caribbean.

Packed with daring strategy, political intrigue, tropical adventure and explosive action, Admiral is the thrilling second novel in Dudley Pope’s classic Ned Yorke series.